Jean-Marie Albert Bottequin (born 29 April 1941 in Ghent

Ghent

Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...

) is a Belgian photographer, photojournalist, photo artist and mime

Mime

The word mime is used to refer to a mime artist who uses a theatrical medium or performance art involving the acting out of a story through body motions without use of speech.Mime may also refer to:* Mime, an alternative word for lip sync...

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Early life and early career

Jean-Marie Bottequin is the son of Wallonian (French speaking southern part of Belgium) Prof. Dr. Armand Bottequin (professor for philosophy, theatrical science und Romanic languages) and his Flemish wife, nurse and social worker, Odile Maenhout. His father’s first marriage produced the sons Jacques and Pierre; the marriage with Odile Maenhout produced Jean-Marie Albert, Guy Antoine and Monique.

Following his high school graduation (baccalauréat), in 1957, Bottequin went on to study classical theater at the "Ecole des Hautes Etudes". In 1959 he was accepted to study Romance studies

Romance studies

Romance studies is an umbrella academic discipline that covers the study of the languages, literatures, and cultures of areas that speak a Romance language. Romance studies departments usually include the study of Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese...

, educational studies und art education

Art education

Art education is the area of learning that is based upon the visual, tangible arts—drawing, painting, sculpture, and design in jewelry, pottery, weaving, fabrics, etc. and design applied to more practical fields such as commercial graphics and home furnishings...

 at Ghent University

Ghent University

Ghent University is a Dutch-speaking public university located in Ghent, Belgium. It is one of the larger Flemish universities, consisting of 32,000 students and 7,100 staff members. The current rector is Paul Van Cauwenberge.It was established in 1817 by King William I of the Netherlands...

; in 1960 he decided to study painting

Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...

 and art education

Art education

Art education is the area of learning that is based upon the visual, tangible arts—drawing, painting, sculpture, and design in jewelry, pottery, weaving, fabrics, etc. and design applied to more practical fields such as commercial graphics and home furnishings...

 with renowned Belgian artist, Octave Landuyt at the ‘’Normalschool voor plastische Kunsten’’ in Ghent. Since 1962, Bottequin has been working as a free-lance photographer, photo artist, and self-taught artist.

In 1968 Bottequin created his first social reportages for Quick

Quick (German magazine)

Quick was a German weekly illustrated magazine published from 25 April 1948 to 27 August 1992. It was the first magazine published in Germany after the Second World War, and had an initial print run of 110,000 copies. At one time one of the most important magazines in its class, it reached a peak...

 magazine, following which he became the personal photographer and reporter with IOS, Investors Overseas Services, Geneva - Munich. In 1970 Bottequin decided to also work as a free-lance photo journalist. From 1972-1981, aside from his free-lance commitments, he went on to become a member of the dramaturgy

Dramaturgy

Dramaturgy is the art of dramatic composition and the representation of the main elements of drama on the stage. Dramaturgy is a distinct practice separate from play writing and directing, although a single individual may perform any combination of the three. Some dramatists combine writing and...

 of the Bayerische Staatsschauspiel Munich, and consequently its personal photographer. From 1975-1985 he was a lecturer at the ‘‘Lehrinstitut für Grafikdesign‘‘ U5

U5

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(now ‘‘Akademie in der Einsteinstraße‘‘).

Personal life

Bottequin’s first marriage to fellow Belgian Monique Kesteman produced the children Caroline and Michel. His second marriage to American-Belgian actress, voice talent, translator, book author and poet

Poet

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 Marietta Meade produced the children Ezra, Avital and Ayalah.

Jean-Marie Bottequin speaks French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

, Dutch

Dutch language

Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...

, German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 and English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

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Bottequin has been living and working in Munich, Germany since 1968.

Scope of work

• Photo design, portraiture, commercial and industrial photography
• Theater and stage photography: Bayerisches Staatstheater’' (Bavarian State Theater), Munich, Germany; Bayerische Staatsoper (Bavarian State Opera), Munich; Bayreuther Festspiele; Württembergisches Staatstheater; Vereinigte Bühnen Wien, Vienna, Austria; Stuttgart Ballet; Hamburg Opera; Burgtheater Wien, Vienna, Austria; etc.
• Ballet photography: Stuttgart Ballet, Germany; Hamburg State Ballet, Germany; Koninklijk Ballet van Vlaanderen, Belgium.
• Automotive photography: In 1984 BMW commissioned Bottequin to photograph their celebrated photo series of BMW old timers (for which he won the Award of Excellence in 1988).
• Photo journalist for leading German magazines and glossies (e.g., Stern
  Stern (magazine)
  Stern is a weekly news magazine published in Germany. It was founded in 1948 by Henri Nannen, and is currently published by Gruner + Jahr, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann. In the first quarter of 2006, its print run was 1.019 million copies and it reached 7.84 million readers according to...
  
  , Der Spiegel
  Der Spiegel
  Der Spiegel is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. It is one of Europe's largest publications of its kind, with a weekly circulation of more than one million.-Overview:...
  
  , Lui
  Lui
  Lui is a French adult entertainment magazine created in November 1963 by Daniel Filipacchi, a fashion photographer turned publisher, Jacques Lanzmann, a jack of all trades turned novelist, and Frank Ténot, a press agent, pataphysician and jazz critic..The objective was to bring some charm "à la...
  
  , Playboy
  Playboy
  Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
  
  , Form Magazin, Phototechnik und Design, Le Photographe, M Magazin, BMW Magazin, Freundin, Bunte
  Bunte
  Bunte is a German weekly magazine; coverage includes celebrity, gossip, news and lifestyle matters. It is published by Bunte Entertainment Verlag GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hubert Burda Media....
  
  ), as well as European trade press.
• Social reportages
• (Movie and theater) Stills photography
• Travel photography (e.g., Turkey
  Turkey
  Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
  
  , France
  France
  The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
  
  , USA, Germany
  Germany
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
  
  , Italy
  Italy
  Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
  
  , Spain
  Spain
  Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
  
  , Bulgaria
  Bulgaria
  Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
  
  , Algeria
  Algeria
  Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
  
  , Canary Islands
  Canary Islands
  The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...
  
  , India
  India
  India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
  
  ) for Stern
  Stern (magazine)
  Stern is a weekly news magazine published in Germany. It was founded in 1948 by Henri Nannen, and is currently published by Gruner + Jahr, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann. In the first quarter of 2006, its print run was 1.019 million copies and it reached 7.84 million readers according to...
  
  , Quick
  Quick
  Quick may refer to:* Quick , an American automobile* Quick , an 1993 American film* Quick , a 2011 South Korean film* Quick , a defunct weekly tabloid spin-off of The Dallas Morning News in Texas...
  
  , Ambiente, GEO
  GEO (magazine)
  GEO is a family of educational monthly magazines similar to the National Geographic magazine. It is known for its profound reports, which are accompanied by opulent pictures.The first edition appeared in Germany in 1976...
  
  , Der Spiegel
  Der Spiegel
  Der Spiegel is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. It is one of Europe's largest publications of its kind, with a weekly circulation of more than one million.-Overview:...
  
  , Lui
  Lui
  Lui is a French adult entertainment magazine created in November 1963 by Daniel Filipacchi, a fashion photographer turned publisher, Jacques Lanzmann, a jack of all trades turned novelist, and Frank Ténot, a press agent, pataphysician and jazz critic..The objective was to bring some charm "à la...
  
   (Philipachi Verlag Paris), Country
  Country
  A country is a region legally identified as a distinct entity in political geography. A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state, as a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division, or a geographic region associated with a previously...
  
  and many other mgazines
• Industrial and Fine Art Photography
• Architectural photography
• Reprography of paintings and sculpture photography
• Art Director (for catalogs, brochures and illustrations/layout, e.g., Classic Cars / BMW AG; Residenztheater Munich; Public Relations Office and Cultural Affairs Department of the City of Munich; European Patent Office, Munich; BMW AG, as well as numerous brochures pertaining to cultural events)

Exhibits and collections

Bottequin has been internationally exhibited (individual and group exhibits) since 1965.

His oeuvre is an integral part of the following museums:

• Musée des Beaux Arts, Charlerloi, Belgium
• Collection of the State of Belgium
• National Theater Ghent, Belgium
• Photo Museum Munich
• European Patent Office, Munich
• Neue Sammlung (New Collection Museum), Munich
• BMW Museum, Munich
• Theater Museum, Munich
• Masonic Museum, Bayreuth
• Maison des Métiers d'Art de la Ville de Pézénas, France

Books

Bottequin was published in the following books:

• "L'art, le Style et l'Auto", Musée de l'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1985
• "Die 7 Jahre des 7 - Die Entwicklung des großen BMW", Steinhaus Verlag, 1986
• "Design Process Auto", Neue Sammlung München, 1987
• "Der Ring", Bayreuth 1976-1980, Edition Robert Laffont, Paris 1980
• "Der Ring", Bayreuth 1988-1992, Europäische Verlagsanstalt, 1992
• "Art Collection European Patent Office", 1998
• "Ingmar Bergman
  Ingmar Bergman
  Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Described by Woody Allen as "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera", he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and...
  
   Archive", Taschen Verlag 2008
• "Shylock", George Tabori
  George Tabori
  George Tabori was a Hungarian writer and theater director.-Life and career:Tabori was born in Budapest as György Tábori, a son of Kornél and Elsa Tábori. His father died in Auschwitz in 1944, but his mother and his brother Paul managed to escape the Nazis. His son Peter Tabori and again his son...
  
  , Andrea Welker, 1980
• "Theater, Zirkus, Varieté", vwi Verlag, Herrsching 1980
• "Die Liebe nach der Jagd...", Verlag ETC München 1979
• "König Ludwig II", Ullstein Langen Müller Verlag, München 1985
• "Die Freimaurer", Marcel Valmy, Callwey Verlag, 1990

International clients

Among Bottequin’s most famous clients is the automotive manufacturer BMW

BMW

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands...

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Awards

• In 1967 Bottequin receives the ‘‘Preis der belgischen Kritik‘‘ (Award of the Belgian Critique) for his extraordinary black&white photography.
• In 1981 he is the recipient of the ‘‘Sonderpreis der Triennale der Photographie‘‘ (Special Award of the Triennale of Photography) in Fribourg
  Fribourg
  Fribourg is the capital of the Swiss canton of Fribourg and the district of Sarine. It is located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss plateau, and is an important economic, administrative and educational center on the cultural border between German and French Switzerland...
  
  , Switzerland
  Switzerland
  Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
  
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• In 1988 he is the recipient of the ‘‘Award of Excellence’’ in Chicago
  Chicago
  Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
  
  , USA.

Advisory activity

Bottequin also acted as an advisor to the European Council

European Council

The European Council is an institution of the European Union. It comprises the heads of state or government of the EU member states, along with the President of the European Commission and the President of the European Council, currently Herman Van Rompuy...

 and for UNESCO

UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...

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Photographic seminars / workshops

Having founded IPS (International Photographic Seminars: Photographic seminars for professional and amateur photographers), Bottequin has been facilitating fine art photographic seminars since 1980. In addition, he gives public lectures on visual perception

Visual perception

Visual perception is the ability to interpret information and surroundings from the effects of visible light reaching the eye. The resulting perception is also known as eyesight, sight, or vision...

 and active vision.

Filmography (documentaries / a selection)

• "Cobra Gruppe bei Kindern", film on experimental education, commissioned by UNESCO
  UNESCO
  The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
  
   und Ghent University
  Ghent University
  Ghent University is a Dutch-speaking public university located in Ghent, Belgium. It is one of the larger Flemish universities, consisting of 32,000 students and 7,100 staff members. The current rector is Paul Van Cauwenberge.It was established in 1817 by King William I of the Netherlands...
  
  , 1960, 30 min, 16 mm
• "Sanne Sannes - Photographer in Holland", Belgian (Flemish) TV (BRT), Ghent, 1967, 20 min, 16 mm
• "Photographieworkshop - eine Selbstinszenierung", commissioned by Fotomagazin, München, 1987, 17 min, Beta SP
• "Donni Buffalo Dog and Ursula Hanes – Two Sculptors in Tuscany", commissioned by the Musée du Nouveau Monde, La Rochelle, France, 1988, 30 min, Beta SP
• "Metamorphoses", automotive design of the 20th century, commissioned by BMW AG, Munich, 1993, 9 min, 16 mm; presentation at the International Design Exhibit in Paris
• "Art in Brazil", commissioned by the European Patent Office
  European Patent Office
  The European Patent Office is one of the two organs of the European Patent Organisation , the other being the Administrative Council. The EPO acts as executive body for the Organisation while the Administrative Council acts as its supervisory body as well as, to a limited extent, its legislative...
  
   (EPA), Munich 1995, 25 min, Beta SP
• "Cristine Barroso - A Portrait", commissioned by the European Patent Office
  European Patent Office
  The European Patent Office is one of the two organs of the European Patent Organisation , the other being the Administrative Council. The EPO acts as executive body for the Organisation while the Administrative Council acts as its supervisory body as well as, to a limited extent, its legislative...
  
   (EPA), Munich, 1996, 29 min, Beta SP

Mime

Bottequin is a student of the French mimes, Étienne Decroux

Étienne Decroux

Étienne Decroux studied at Jacques Copeau's Ecole du Vieux-Colombier, where he saw the beginnings of what was to become his life's obsession–Corporeal Mime...

 and Marcel Marceau

Marcel Marceau

Marcel Marceau was an internationally acclaimed French actor and mime most famous for his persona as Bip the Clown.-Early years:...

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External links

• http://www.bottequin.de