Volker Hinz

Volker Hinz (born June 19, 1947) is a German photographer.[1] Early in his career he became known for his political reportage and travel stories; now his portraits of artists, authors, fashion designers, sports men and politicians are better known.

Life

Volker was born in Hamburg in 1947; his direction in life was determined early on by photography. Even as a 20-year-old, he sold his first photos to newspapers. At the age of 24 he became head of the photo agency "Sven Simon" in Bonn – at that time the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 1974 he became a member of the crew of staff photographers of the weekly magazine Stern in Hamburg. In 1978 he moved as a freelance photographer to Los Angeles until be became a staffer again for Stern magazine in New York. There many of his great stories, portraits and reportages made him known world wide. Since 1986, back in Hamburg again, he works out of his home town.[2]

Oeuvre

At the beginning of his career in the 1970s, Volker Hinz formed his reputation with reports from the German political scene. Later, in behalf of the magazine, he became the opportunity for gripping stories and photographic documentations such as on New York nightlife, on Hollywood, on Mexican Oil, on Argentina and Palm Beach for which he received awards at World Press, Art Directors Club Germany and Lead Award.[3]

Reception

Stern Magazine: "For thirty years, Hinz worked for Stern - almost eight years away, based in New York. Over three decades he has illustrated countless reports. Muhammad Ali, Woody Allen, Helmut Schmidt, to name just some of the many world famous personalities, which he accompanied with the photo camera. Legendary his photo of Pele and Franz Beckenbauer . ... "" Hinz ' photographs have shaped the appearance of the magazine . The focus of his work is always the human as a motif and humanity as a visual language ." (By David Scherf) Volker Hinz Exhibition 2008 [4] Stern Magazine: "The photographer Volker Hinz is... a contemporary painter. The contemporary painter among the great photographers, to be exact. For decades, the photographer Volker Hinz portrays the star, the famous and the powerful of this world. Now he puts himself once in the center (by: Ulrike Posche) congratulates to his 60th Birthday."<ref name="Der Stern, 'Kugelblitz" mit Hamburger Witz' Volker Hinz zum 60. Geburtstag, 18. Juni 2007 (von Ulrike Posche)">Der Stern, "Kugelblitz mit Hamburger Witz" Volker Hinz zum 60. Geburtstag, 18. Juni 2007 (von Ulrike Posche)</ref>

Stern Magazine: "For nearly three decades, the photographer Volker Hinz works for Stern. His reports from around the world, his pictorial stories and especially his black and white portraits of international personalities establish his superior rank as a photographer and have strongly influenced the look of the magazine. Stern - photographer Volker Hinz presented in a photo exhibition for the first time a selection of his works, including portraits of famous personalities".[5]

Artist Talk between Volker Hinz and Ulrich Rueter, Gruner + Jahr Publishing House: "For almost forty years, Volker Hinz has decisively influenced the visual appearance of Stern magazine. Hardly a book without his sovereign portraits of celebrities from around the world . Now the publisher Gruner + Jahr honores him with an exhibition and with the latest volume in the series Stern Fotografie portfolio." To make experiences from photographs is the art and the craft of Volker Hinz." What distinguishes him are 'kid gloves and eagle eyes'." (Jochen Siemens)

"Volker Hinz is one of the most prolific portrait photographers in the German press and his special ability is to add new aspects beyond the known add clichés, in particular to the portraits of famous - and sometimes infamous - contemporaries in the fields of politics, film, literature, sports and fashion. The bare soccer players Pele and Beckenbauer in the shower or Woody Allen, who forbids himself the mouth, Kate Moss with golden feet: there are not only pictures, but stories told by the camera of Volker Hinz" [6]

Solo exhibitions

Awards

Books

DVD

2013: Dokumentation - Gespräche mit Volker Hinz - Fotograf – A film by Tom Krausz (TKVisuellFilm Hamburg- German language) [11]

References

  1. ↑ Biographie Volker Hinz – Der Stern Volker Hinz zum 60 Geburtstag 2007 von Ulrike Posche
  2. ↑ Biographie Volker Hinz
  3. ↑ Volker Hinz in: Die STERN EDITION #67 featuring Volker Hinz. Film-Sneak auf GoSee. Ausstellung im Gruner+Jahr Pressehaus.
  4. ↑ "Fotografie ist mein Leben", Der Stern, 23. April 2008 (von David Scherf)
  5. ↑ Der Stern, 'Bilder des Menschen in all seinen Facetten' EXTRA - Die 3. Triennale der Photographie. 13 April 2005
  6. ↑ Deichtorhallen, Freundeskreis des Hauses der Photographie Hamburg
  7. ↑ VOLKER HINZ I JEGO GWIAZDY 8 MAJA W ŁODZI
  8. ↑ World Press Photo Award, 1973, Volker Hinz, 2nd prize, Portraits
  9. ↑ World Press Photo Award, 1975, Volker Hinz, 2nd prize, People in the News
  10. ↑ World Press Photo Award, 1976, Volker Hinz, 3rd prize, News Features
  11. ↑ Dokumentation - Gespräche mit Volker Hinz - Fotograf - Ein Film von Tom Krausz (TKVisuellFilm Hamburg), 2013
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