page_title: Nicolaus Schmidt
hierarchical_section_title: Nicolaus Schmidt
caption_attribution_description: English: Selfportrait Nicolaus Schmidt as student of HfbK from 1974, done in a "Passbildautomat" ( photobooth) in Hamburg. The new scan is taken from a international student ident card (1975).
context_page_description: Nicolaus Schmidt is a German artist, photographer and historian. He studied at the Hamburg Art Academy in the 1970s. In 1975, he founded ROSA, one of Germany’s first gay-themed magazines. During the 1980s, he was a volunteer with the German branch of the children’s rights organization Terre des Hommes, serving for a time as its chairman. Since 1991, he has been living and making art in the Berlin neighborhood of Prenzlauer Berg.
context_section_description: Nicolaus Schmidt (born January 1, 1953, Arnis, West Germany) is a German artist, photographer and historian. He studied at the Hamburg Art Academy (HfBK) in the 1970s.  In 1975, he founded ROSA, one of Germany’s first gay-themed magazines. During the 1980s, he was a volunteer with the German branch of the children’s rights organization Terre des Hommes, serving  for a time as its chairman.  Since 1991, he has been living and making art in the Berlin neighborhood of Prenzlauer Berg.
caption: Nicolaus Schmidt 1974
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