Jürgen Schadeberg: Happy Hour

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In the 1960s, 70s and 80s, Jürgen Schadeberg (18 March 1931 – 29 August 2020) was often in pubs and bars in Glasgow, London, Cambridge, Berlin, Hamburg, Johannesburg, New York, Torremolinos, Malaga, Mijas, Cannes and Paris.

A pub in the Gorbals area of Glasgow, 1968.

A pub in the Gorbals area of Glasgow, Scotland in 1968. (and lead photo).

We’ve shared Jürgen Schadeberg’s work her before his final interview before his passing. Born in Berlin, in 1950, Schadeberg moved with his family to South Africa. They hoped it would be a better world away from antisemitism and murderous racism. But the family arrived as Apartheid in force. Schadeberg began photographing the people and political movements. He became Chief Photographer, Picture Editor, and Art Director at Drum magazine. Over the following decade, he documented most of the major moments in South African history.

These pictures of people enjoying one another’s company in pubs In the 1960s, Schadeberg traveled across Europe photographing life in England, Scotland, Spain and France. In the 1970s, he traveled to America. He diversified into filmmaking but continued to document the world as he saw it.

The May Ball at Cambridge University, June 1982