Eberhard Petzold

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Eberhard Petzold (* 1944 in Worpswede ) is a German photographer. He became known for his illustrated books on international merchant shipping .

life and work

Eberhard Petzold first studied law and received his doctorate in Hamburg in 1973 . After the second state examination he devoted himself more and more to his passion, photography. From 1980 he ran his own photo studio in Hamburg as an advertising, industrial and architectural photographer. Because of the large number of photo orders from merchant shipping and the associated long trips around the world, he closed his studio at the beginning of the 2000s and has since devoted himself entirely to shipping photography.

The subject of his first two illustrated books was the St. Nikolai memorial in Hamburg and the city itself, before he turned to the port of Hamburg . This was followed by photo books on worldwide shipping , shipbuilding at the Hyundai shipyard in South Korea and the construction of container ships at the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg. Another topic was the SCOT 8000 special tankers for an illustrated book and the gas tankers welded together at the Neptun shipyard in Rostock-Travemünde.

Eberhard Petzold experienced life and work on board the container ships , bulk carriers and tankers up close during many voyages and captured them in pictures. This also applies to the mood on the seas and in the major shipping channels such as the Panama Canal and Suez Canal and the handling of goods in the ports. The characteristic flair of the port cities fascinates him, so that photo books have been created about these cities and their ports around the world. In his book on the flow of goods in the world , he deals with the role of shipping in global trade.

ZDF described Eberhard Petzold's visual style when reviewing the illustrated book Shipping Worldwide : “The photos are fascinating and unusual, they lead the viewer directly into the action. Interesting perspectives provide information about the background to cargo shipping with all its facets. The book conveys the atmosphere of adventure. ”( ZDF : http://www.foto-dock.com/presse.php ).

Eberhard Petzold is the founder of the Foto-Dock picture agency.

  • Foredeck and deckhouse of a cargo ship

  • Shipbuilding in Dock 3 of the Hyundai shipyard

  • On a gas tanker to Kaoshiung

  • Cargo ship in the Kiel Canal

  • Roll-out at the Volkswerft Stralsund, 2004

  • Rudder and propeller, Hyundai Shipyard, South Korea

Illustrated books

  • Eberhard Petzold, Sylvester M. Robert: Memorial St. Nikolai. Historika Photoverlag, Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-929307-24-3 .
  • Eberhard Petzold, Kurt Grobecker, with a foreword by Ralph Giordano: Hamburg from the tower. Rasch and Röhrig Verlag, Hamburg 1998, ISBN 3-89136-692-2 . 2nd completely revised edition by Convent Verlag, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-934613-91-8 .
  • Eberhard Petzold, Birgit Müller: Port of Hamburg. Verlag Die Hanse, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-434-52587-4 .
  • Eberhard Petzold: Shipping worldwide. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-7822-0904-4 .
  • Kurt Grobecker, Eberhard Petzold: SCOT 8000 - tankers of the future. Protocol of a Mediterranean voyage. Convent Verlag, Hamburg 2004.
  • Eberhard Petzold, Kurt Grobecker: Blue Star shipping company. Renaissance of a Fleet A Fleet's Revival. Convent Verlag, Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-934613-84-5 .
  • Kurt Grobecker, Eberhard Petzold: In a class of its own. Container ships for ice sailing. Convent Verlag, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-934613-93-4 .
  • Eberhard Petzold: Shipping in the world. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-7822-0962-5 .
  • Hagen Deecke, Eberhard Petzold: And the sea beckons forever. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-7822-0982-3 .
  • Max Johns, Eberhard Petzold: Port cities. A journey around the world in pictures. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7822-1001-0 .
  • Kurt Grobecker, Eberhard Petzold: Gas tankers of the future. On the way from Java to Taiwan. Medien-Verlag Schubert, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-937843-10-0 .
  • Eberhard Petzold, Sebastian Meißner: Port cities of the Baltic Sea. Not just for crusaders. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-7822-1040-9 .
  • Eberhard Petzold, Sebastian Meißner: The flow of goods in the world - The Global Cargo Flow. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-7822-1278-6 .

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personal data
SURNAME Petzold, Eberhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Worpswede