For the Polish-British cognitive neuroscientist, see Thomas H. Bak.
Thomas Tadeus Bak is a German visual artist, art director, writer and composer, mainly known for his work in photography.
Biography
Bak was born on April 20, 1978, in Szczecin, Northern Poland. In 1981 his parents emigrated over Denmark to the Federal Republic of Germany and settled in Bremen in 1983.[1] He was entitled as "Germany’s Youngest Draughtsman"[2] at the age of eleven due to his first publication in a German graphic magazine for mature readers and elected twice as the "Official Graphic Designer of the Hochschule fuer Kuenste Bremen" during his studies of Book/Graphic Design and Photography at this university.[3] Bak worked as an art director in European design studios and advertising agencies before he began to lecture the Photographic Master Class of the IAA[4] (International Academy of Arts) at the age of twenty-seven in Germany, France and Poland. His works are featured in various releases for the music industry,[5] including publications of former Bauhaus vocalist Peter Murphy and Dalis Car. He was the youngest photographer ever decorated with the Reinhart-Wolf-Preis and the BFF (Bund Freischaffender Foto-Designer) as the "Best of the Best" in 2004.[6]
Bibliography
Primary literature (books by Bak)
Ene Mene Mysterium. Eine Sechspostkartennovelle. (1993)
Den Hænden nach ein Hundt. (1995)
AThMN. An Act of Tarot. (1995)
Vropa. 22 Photographies. (1996)
BVCH DER VVAND=LVNGEN & VVIRBEL=SÆVREN. Fynff=Zehn Blætter ihrer Længe nach betichtet. (1998)
V.R.Op.A. : C I — IV. (1999)
COSMONAVCIONES et Polaroïdes. (1999)
Hand= bzw. Flusz=Abdrykke; Zwölf Absichten bald "Cosmonauciones" tätoliert. (2000)
Atavista : 33 Photographic Compositions. (2000)
Arche Nada; Yber dem Vm=Gang mit Todtem. Allsoh : "Gryner Fuchs" tætolirt. (2001)
Vff=Tact zum Eiligen Kriege; Polaroïden & Tincturen. (Allrot, 2002)
Fynff Tincturen. (Pan Press, 2002)
The Tourist, Plates I — XXXV. (2006)
Ex Ceterra Incognita, Capricci Erotici e Verticale. (2008)
The Tourist, Plates XXXVI — LXXX. (2012)
Ornament City, Essays & Capricci. (TK Verlag Hamburg, 2012)
Psylens. (Pan Press / S.Ph.In.X. Camera Obscura International, 2013)
On Love considered as one of the Fine Arts. Essays & Essails by Bak (TK Verlag Hamburg, 2014)
Les Chants de Marlboror / AFFORISMEN IN SPE (Pan Press, 2015)
Secondary literature (selection)
Inferso. KUBO Art Award 2000, Xzeit Edition Berlin (ISBN3980755509)
"AThMN/Metamorphoses," Institut Français & Goethe-Institut Budapest (Hungary)
2005 "V.R.Op.A." at the headquarters of the Tokyo Journal (Japan)
Gallery B (Nagoya, Japan)
2006 "Ein tierisches Vergnügen," Sparkasse Bremen
Retrospective "Atavista" at the gallery Marc Piano (Cannes, France)
Retrospective "Atavista" at the International Academy of Arts (Lesmona, Germany)
2008 Retrospective "Das Photographische Capriccio. Blätter aus den Jahren 1998 bis 2008" at Galerie Hilaneh von Kories / Photoselection GmbH (Hamburg, Germany)