Erika Krauss

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Erika Krauss

Erika Krauß (* 1917 in Karski , Ostrowo district ; † June 26, 2013 in Hamburg ) was a German press photographer .

Life

Erika Krauss was born in Karski during the First World War . Before she settled down in Hamburg in 1950, the troubled times had taken her to Berlin, Austria and Worpswede , among others . In Berlin, she was the first woman in Germany to be trained as a cameraman - she put great emphasis on the masculine form. She was involved in a number of well-known UFA films from 1942 to 1944 .

When the film industry was unable to place any more orders after the Second World War , it also acquired a master's degree in photography. In 1950 she came to Hamburg and looked for work. Stern and Spiegel at the Hamburg Speersort rejected them. She heard: We don't take women , as Erika Krauss later tells us. But colleagues sent them to the first floor: a new newspaper opened there . And there she was finally hired by the then editor-in-chief Heinrich Braune for the Hamburger Morgenpost . She stayed for over 60 years, partly as a freelancer and partly in employment. She was still taking pictures when she was over 90 years old.

Prominence

Erika Krauss survived 13 Hamburg mayors by taking photos and was present at all important Senate receptions. She also made a name for herself as a theater photographer by working, among other things, on Gründgens productions at the Hamburger Schauspielhaus . She photographed u. a. Charles de Gaulle , Bill Clinton , Nikita Khrushchev , Vladimir Putin , Shah of Persia , Queen Silvia of Sweden , Lady Di , Prince Charles , Queen Elisabeth II , Marlene Dietrich , Alfred Hitchcock , Maria Callas , Helmut Schmidt or Helmut Kohl .

In 1999 the Hamburg Senate awarded her the Alexander Zinn Prize for her services . The prize, which was then endowed with 15,000 marks, is awarded every three years for special journalistic achievements. The reasoning stated that she had made a contribution to the public good of Hamburg. Helmut and Loki Schmidt also took part in the award ceremony in Hamburg City Hall.

Private

Pillow stone Erika Krauss ,
b. Röher, Volksdorf forest cemetery

She had six children, two died before her. Her first husband died in Berlin in 1947. She separated from her second husband in 1972. She had six grandchildren.

Erika Krauß died in June 2013 in the Hamburg Army Hospital. In addition to friends and colleagues, several former Hamburg mayors from various parties took part in the memorial service in Hamburg's main church, St. Jakobi.

Erika Krauß was buried in the Volksdorfer Waldfriedhof on the Röher family grave, grid square Fd 128-129.

Honors

  • 1990: Golden film roll of the international art fair ART
  • 1996: An exhibition in the fair you and your world for the longest-serving photographer in Hamburg , organized by a number of photographers
  • 1999: Alexander Zinn Prize for special journalistic achievements

Since 2016 there has been an Erika-Krauss- Twiete in Altona-Nord .

Web links

Commons : Erika Krauß  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.abendblatt.de/
  2. ^ Statistics Office North: Street and area index of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
personal data
SURNAME Krauss, Erika
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German press photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Karski , Ostrowo County
DATE OF DEATH June 26, 2013
Place of death Hamburg