Gökşin Sipahioğlu
Gökşin Sipahioğlu (born December 28, 1926 in Izmir ; † October 5, 2011 in Paris ) was a Turkish press photographer and founder of the renowned photo agency Sipa Press .
Life
Sipahioğlu initially worked for the newspaper " Hürriyet ". In 1973 he founded the Sipa Press agency in Paris with the American journalist Phyllis Springer, which specialized in reportage photography. As a photographer, Sipahioglu reported on numerous political events such as the February coup in Czechoslovakia in 1948 and the assassination attempt on the Olympic Games in 1972. During the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 he came to Cuba disguised as a sailor and was "the only western photographer before Place".
Sipahioğlu sold the agency to the French media group Sud Communications in 2001. In 2010, Sipa Press was taken over by the German dapd news agency .
literature
- Göksin Sipahioglu: founder of "Sipa Press" has died , in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, October 6, 2011, p. 37.
Web links
- Website with tribute to Gökşin Sipahioğlu (fr)
- Euronews announced the death of Sipahioğlu
- Interview with Sipahioglu about May 68 in Paris at Euronews
Individual evidence
- ^ Attack on AFP SZ Online on July 11, 2011
- ↑ Göksin Sipahioglu: founder of "Sipa Press" died Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, October 6, 2011, p. 37
- ↑ dapd news agency takes over French photo agency Sipa Press press release at DAPD on July 11, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sipahioğlu, Gökşin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish press photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Izmir |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 5, 2011 |
| Place of death | Paris |