Passion, Photography and Talent: Photography for the Enthusiast

Leopoldo Kram was born in Mexico City, of Austrian immigrant parents. His photographic career began in the school camera club at the age of 16, and within several years he continued his photographic education at the New England School of Photography and later at the International Center of Photography. On his return to Mexico he worked professionally as a photographer and as an Instructor of Photography. He graduated from the New York University with a B.A. in Liberal Arts Some years later he graduated from the New School of Social Research with a M.A. in Mass Media From the early 80’ s he lived in Mexico city, where he made the photographs for his exhibits ＂Chilango City＂ first shown in Mexico City and then at the California Museum of Arts and Sciences. Also the images covering for over 10 years the religious celebrations that take place in Mexico city on the birthday of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Since then interested in the relationship of identity and individuality, He constructed different exhibits related to the exploration of his personal identity. In 1994, ＂The Answer＂ at the B’nai Brith National Jewish Museum In Washington D.C which dealt with the creation of the State of Israel as an answer to the Holocaust. In 1992 His book, ＂Mexiko Si.＂ published by Edition Q; Berlin, Germany which dealt with his identity based on being part of his city of birth, Mexico City. In 1999 exploring his Austrian German heritage he presented his exhibit ＂A German Trilogy: Exile, Brecht & Weimar＂ in New York city at the New Century Artist Gallery which dealt with the definitions of German cultural exile based on the poems of Berthold Brecht. At the same time he was working on his exhibits, as a professional photographer and he kept on with his academic work in the field of mass media and photography. Moving to New York, his photographic interests took him to cover New York’s Village Halloween Parade＂ and worked with different Hispanic actors Kram’s photographs are in the permanent collections of the Muse de la Photography. Charleroi, Belgium, B’nai Brith National Jewish Museum. Washington D.C. and the Bibliotheque National de la France. Paris, France. In 2003 he worked as a professional photographer for different magazines, architecture firms and decided to do a new project of his city of birth, which was finished after 4 years called ＂Mexiko Stadt＂. In the mean he started another project called ＂Metropolis＂ which deals with his adopted city of New York.