Herbert Gauls

Herbert Gauls
Born (1930-08-13) 13 August 1930
Koblenz, Germany
Nationality  Germany
Occupation Photographer
Years active 1964–present

Herbert Gauls (born 13 August 1930 in Koblenz) is a German photographer.

Biography

Herbert Gauls visited the Kaiser Wilhelm Real Gymnasium in Koblenz and in 1946 he spent a year at a private trade school. At the age of twenty, Gauls started the small photo shop "Herbert Gauls Photo retailers, specialist laboratory and Ansichtskartenverlag" at the Münzplatz in Koblenz. For decades he worked as an architectural and documentary photographer and also as a photojournalist for News media and Television.

In 1966 he joined the Photographer master's certificate in Hamburg with the best rating and erected immediately afterwards a building with a photo studio and specialized laboratories in the Carl Mand Road in Koblenz industrial area. In 1971 the studio enlarged into a 5-storey office building. Seven years later he built the new and current headquarters, a 1,000 m² photography studio in the August Horch Strasse in Koblenz. In the same year he received his first award the Wappenteller of Koblenz.

As a photographer Gauls documented the Handwerkskammer Koblenz in the late 1960s and early 1970s with numerous exhibitions, including the art of the Neuwied blacksmith and metal sculptor Klaus Rudolf Werhand.[1]

According to his 80th birthday Herbert Gauls bequeathed in the year 2010 his extensive photographic archive on the recent history of the city with around two million negatives to the city of Koblenz.[2] In 2012 Herbert Gauls was given the Verdienstmedaille des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz by the Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate Kurt Beck for his volunteer work for the common good.[3]

Herbert Gauls lives in Weitersburg.

Awards

Exhibitions (selection)

Books

External links

References

  1. ↑ Ausstellung des Künstlers Klaus Rudolf Werhand, Fotomaterial von Herbert Gauls (PDF; 138 kB)
  2. ↑ Der reiche Schatz des Herbert Gauls in: Rhein-Zeitung, 12.08.2010
  3. ↑ Landesverdienstmedaille für Herbert Gauls
  4. ↑ „Fotoausstellung Herbert Gauls" Galerie Handwerk Koblenz (PDF; 157 kB)
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