Friedhelm von Estorff
Friedhelm Hans Ernst Ulrich von Estorff (born April 13, 1932 ; † October 19, 2014 in Hamburg ) was a German photographer and photojournalist .
Life
He came from the old Lower Saxon noble family von Estorff and was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Werner von Estorff (1893–1945) and Margarethe Voth (1907–1983).
Estorff first made a commercial apprenticeship from 1945 and then a photography apprenticeship. From 1953 to 1955 he worked for the Keystone press agency and then as a freelance press photographer. The highlights of his career included the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne and 1960 in Rome .
But his main interest was show business . In the 1950s he produced photo reports about Josephine Baker , Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne , and in the 1960s he worked as a photographer in the Hamburg music club Star-Club, reporting on the Rolling Stones , the Beatles , The Who , Jimi Hendrix and the Bee Gees .
Estorff's first marriage was Elvira Haase (* 1940) on June 5, 1961 in Berlin . After three years of marriage and a few months after his divorce, he married another woman. The marriages resulted in a total of four sons and two daughters.
Publications
- Friedhelm von Estorff, Thorsten Schmidt: Let's Spend the Night Together , culture book, 1998, ISBN 3-9804670-5-8
- Friedhelm von Estorff, Günter Zint : Paul McCartney Faces , Culture Book, 2002, ISBN 3-933851-01-7
literature
- Genealogical manual of the nobility , noble houses A volume XXI, page 122, volume 98 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1990, ISBN 3-7980-0700-4
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Estorff, Friedhelm von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Estorff, Friedhelm Hans Ernst Ulrich von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German photojournalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th October 2014 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |