In Love with Photography gathers almost 50 years of portraits by a passionate photographer , presented here for the first time in a book. Volker Hinz photographed those who normally remain hidden behind their cameras. Whenever and wherever he encountered them: at work, at home, in public or private moments. This is how a unique collection of portraits of the most renowned photographers of the second half of the 20th and the early 21st centuries came about.
From Ansel Adams to Richard Avedon, from Peter Beard to Alfred Eisenstaedt, from F.C. Gundlach to Annie Leibowitz, from Peter Lindbergh to Lee Miller, from Helmut Newton to Irving Penn or from Sebastião Salgado to Joel-Peter Witkin – the list is endless.
Peter-Matthias Gaede, GEO Editor-in-Chief for 20 years, has followed Volker Hinz’ work for a long time – and describes the restless life of a photographer who set out to discover for himself not only his profession but humanity as such. And became a fascinating modern classic in the process.
Volker Hinz lives and breathes photography, his passion. At the age of just 20 he sold his first pictures, and as a 24-year-old he became director of Fotoagentur Sven Simon in Bonn, before joining Stern magazine in Hamburg in 1974. For 40 years he played a key role in shaping the visual aesthetic of the magazine. Hinz has created an extensive oeuvre and received many accolades. His work has been shown in 58 exhibitions to date. Many of his pictures are held in museum and private collections. In Love with Photography is evidence that Volker Hinz must be counted among the major contemporary photographers.
Peter-Matthias Gaede studied social sciences at the University of Göttingen and attended the Henri Nannen School of journalism. He worked at the Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper for three years before joining GEO magazine in 1983 as a reporter. From 1994 to 2014 he served as Editor-in-Chief, not just of GEO magazine but also as Editor-in-Chief and Editor of GEO WISSEN, GEOlino, GEO Specials and other GEO spin-offs. Gaede has received, among others, the Theodor Wolff Prize and the Egon Erwin Kisch Prize. He is on the board of the Körber Foundation,
BOOK
In Love with Photography
Volker Hinz
Peter-Matthias Gaede
Edition Lammerhuber
28 x 35,5 cm
424 pages, 371 photos
English, German
Hardcover, bound in linen, French Fold-jacket
ISBN 978-3-903101-00-5
Limited, numbered and signed edition of 1.000 copies
EUR 249,00
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