1. Gunther "Jim" Rakete is a German photographer, photojournalist, filmmaker, writer and producer based in Berlin.
18 Facts About Jim Rakete
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Jim Rakete has had extended living and production periods in Los Angeles, California, and Hamburg, Germany.
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Jim Rakete continued photographing throughout his school years; fascinated by the mechanisms of photography, he spent a good part of his youth working in the darkroom.
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Between 1975 and 1976, Jim Rakete developed several magazines for Bauer Verlag Munich while commuting between Munich and West Berlin.
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In 1977, Jim Rakete rented a 300-square-meter loft in the heart of West Berlin's borough of Kreuzberg.
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Jim Rakete took her first pictures in the then barren, newly funded Fabrik Jim Rakete.
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The new band and Jim Rakete embarked on the writing of a small rock opera in the form of a radio show, using the AFN legend Rik Delisle as host, Aussie performer Alf Klimek "Klimax" as singer, and with the later addition of Dutch singer Josee van Irsel.
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The Fabrik studios ran ceaselessly with Jim Rakete developing campaigns, shooting record covers or posters by day, while musicians and producers sent out banners and press material across West Berlin and West German media at night.
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In 1985 Jim Rakete's management was chosen to produce Band fur Afrika, the West German counterpart of Band Aid.
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Meanwhile, Jim Rakete had met the punk band Die Arzte and put them in touch with CBS.
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Jim Rakete's book is a diary of feelings and relationships with people he has met.
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In 1989, Jim Rakete flew to Los Angeles to shoot a record video and album cover for Tangerine Dream's Melrose.
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Similar to The New Yorker, Cicero allowed Jim Rakete to combine his passion for people and politics, contributing with centerfold photo essays.
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Jim Rakete shot for Cicero for five more editions; personalities included Angela Merkel, Willy Brandt, Helmut Schmidt, Mikhail Gorbachev, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Otto Schily.
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In 2005, Jim Rakete collaborated with designer Ulf Meyer zu Kuindorf and curator Mark Gisbourne on the catalogue Berlin Art Now, published by Thames and Hudson.
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In 2006, as chief consultant Jim Rakete develops the art magazine Modernica, a supplement of German newspaper Die Welt dealing with contemporary art with its main focus on photography, design and architecture.
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In 2010, Jim Rakete documented conductor Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker.
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Jim Rakete is currently continuing his activity as a photographer, producer and writer.