Education
Rössler studied at the "University for Graphic and Book Design" (Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst) in Leipzig.
Rössler studied at the "University for Graphic and Book Design" (Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst) in Leipzig.
The Leipzig Historical Museum dedicated an exhibition to him showing 40 of his fashion photographs. Since 1951, he worked as freelance fashion and advertisement photographer, as well as photo journalist. He started doing nude photography in the 1960s and was one of the pioneers of the genre in the German Democratic Republic (German Democratic Republic).
In the time between 1954 to 1990, Rössler was contributing mainly to German Democratic Republic fashion magazines like Modische Maschen, the monthly magazine Das Magazin and photo journals like Fotokino-Magazin.
His first exhibition of nude photographs in "Kunsthaus Grimma" in 1979 made big waves in the German Democratic Republic. However, his pictures were not considered offensive and even school classes visited this and following exhibitions of the artist.