Günther Schumann

Günther Schumann (born August 6, 1930 in Niederelsungen ; † December 17, 2014 ) was a German nature photographer.

Life

Schumann completed an apprenticeship as a technical draftsman and model maker, later he became a master model maker in the design department of a large-scale industrial company. He later moved to the Hessian Forest Research Institute, where he worked as a technical employee and project manager in the forest protection department until the end of 1993.

He became known through the portrait of the life of a vixen (called Feline by Schumann, born in March 1990, probably died in late spring 2001) in Reinhardswald in Hesse. He accompanied them with a camera and film camera over a period of eleven years.

Among other things, he was a member of the Society of German Animal Photographers (GDT) and the Forum for Living Hunting Culture .

Works

Fascination with the forest. Impressions - experiences - encounters. 2000
Wild foxes - very familiar. 2006. ISBN 978-3788811006
Footsteps on the river. 2008
Adventure at the fox den: pictures from the life of a fox family. 2010
More than friends. Life among foxes. Documentation. DVD

literature

Andreas Kläne: Rendezvouz with Reineke. An extraordinary relationship. In: Wild und Hund , 13/2003, pp. 28–31
Wolfram Martin: The one who talks to the foxes ... Günther Schumann and Feline. A unique friendship with wild foxes. Wartberg Verlag 2002
Obituary: Günther Schumann. In: Die neue Neudammerin, III / 2014

Web links

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Schumann, Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German nature photographer
DATE OF BIRTH	August 6, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Niederelsungen
DATE OF DEATH	17th December 2014

[1] ttps://trauer.hersfelder-zeitung.de/trauerbeispiel/guenther-schumann

[2] ttp://www.morschen-kloster-haydau.de/2003/schuhman/schuhmann.html