Franz Thorbecke (photographer)

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Franz Thorbecke (born October 26, 1922 in Lindau ; † September 22, 2011 there ) was a German photographer . He became known for his aerial photography .

Life

Franz Thorbecke was born on October 26, 1922 in Lindau and grew up in the Lindenhof family home in Schachen , located in the southwest of the mainland urban area of ​​the Bodensee island town of Lindau . After graduating from high school , he was drafted into the Air Force's ground service. After a short imprisonment and working for his brother's Jan Thorbecke Verlag, which was founded in 1912, he spent two years in sanatoriums to cure a lung disease that he had contracted during the war. Thorbecke used this time to self-taught in his passion, photography . He was supported by his mentor Toni Schneiders .

In 1953 he started aerial photography. His subjects were initially the Lindau harbor and Lake Constance ships . With the acquisition of the private pilot's license in 1960 and his own single-engine Piper Super Cub , he was able to combine work and passions, which included the Alps in particular . He was now a professional pilot and was an aviator until he was 75 years old.

Works

Depiction with Thorbecke's Piper on a view panel at Lindau harbor: Ice landing in the Lindau harbor basin during the sea frost in 1963 , photo by Werner Stuhler.

The frozen lake of Lake Constance in 1963 became an event of the century for the photographer as well. Werner Stuhler's shot of Thorbecke's Piper in the frozen Lindau harbor became known beyond the borders, just one of several landings and take-offs on the frozen lake. Many of his aerial photographs document the freezing of the lake as well as the melting of the ice cover. For six decades and in every season, Thorbecke photographed the Lake Constance region and the entire Alps , mostly as a pilot . He also documented the change here. In addition, he performed commissioned work for publishers, the press and the Federal Ministry of Transport (route of the motorways ). In total, his archive contained well over 100,000 photographs, most of which were taken in negative format 6 × 6 cm with a Rollei . Thorbecke was an important documentary photographer and representative of the object-related image design photo art, whose images are also scientifically processed.

Publications (selection)

  • Franz Thorbecke: Aviation on Lake Constance. Aerial photos then and now
  • Walter Pause, Franz Thorbecke: The Alps with eagle eyes, 139 flight photos and comments
  • Toni Schneiders, Franz Thorbecke: Treasures from the Zum Cavazzen house in Lindau
  • Franz Thorbecke, Hans Fehn, Winfried Terhalle: aerial photos from Bavaria. Landscape, culture, economy
  • Franz Thorbecke (photos), Jürgen Resch (texts): Bodensee. World cultural landscape through the ages. A portrait in aerial photos from 80 years
  • Werner Stuhler, Franz Thorbecke: The island of Lindau. 50 years of photographic review

Exhibitions (selection)

literature

  • Dorothea Cremer-Schacht: 60 years between heaven and earth. The photographer and aviator Franz Thorbecke . In: Heimattag für der Landkreis Lindau eV (Ed.): Yearbook of the Landkreis Lindau , Volume 25, Bergatreute 2010, pp. 112-124 , ISSN  0932-1594

Web links

References and comments

  1. ^ Dorothea Cremer-Schacht: Documentarist of the Alps. On the death of the Lindau photographer Franz Thorbecke . In: Südkurier of October 1, 2011, accessed online on June 1, 2014
  2. ^ Evi Eck-Gedler: Farewell. In the pictures he stays alive. In: Schwäbische Zeitung of September 23, 2011, accessed online on June 1, 2014
  3. ^ Günter Tretter: Hello Franz! Obituary in the annual issue of the Flugsportgruppe Lindau e. V. dated December 11, 2011, p. 35 ( available online ( memento of the original dated June 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. , accessed on June 2, 2014) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.flugsportgruppe-lindau.de
  4. ↑ However, Thorbecke said he did not land in the port itself, but in front of it and was towed into it.
  5. ↑ Erwin Tremp: By plane over the ice lake. In: Südkurier of February 27, 2013, accessed online on June 1, 2014
  6. ↑ Technology department: Who? In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of February 25, 1997 on the page "Technology and Motor" about Franz Thorbecke
personal data
SURNAME Thorbecke, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Lindau
DATE OF DEATH September 22, 2011
Place of death Lindau