Herbert Gauls

Herbert Gauls (born August 13, 1930 in Koblenz ; † January 17, 2017 ) was a German photographer .

Life

At the age of six he went to the Schenkendorf School and later attended the Kaiser Wilhelm Realgymnasium in Koblenz. In 1946 he moved to Dr. Zimmermann Private Trade School . On his 20th birthday, Gauls opened the small photo shop “Herbert Gauls Photo Trade, Specialist Laboratory and Postcard Publishing House” on Münzplatz in Koblenz's old town . For decades he worked as an architecture and documentary photographer and worked as a photo journalist for the press and television .

In 1966, Gauls completed his photography master's examination in Hamburg with the top grade “Very Good”, and immediately afterwards he erected a building with photo studios and specialist laboratories in Carl-Mand-Straße in the Koblenz industrial area. In 1971 he added a 5-storey Office building enlarged. Seven years later he built the new building and today's company headquarters, a 1,000 m² photo studio in August-Horch-Strasse in Koblenz. In the same year he received his first award with the coat of arms of the city of Koblenz.

As a photographer for the Koblenz Chamber of Crafts , Gauls documented numerous exhibitions in Koblenz at the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1970s, including those of the Neuwied blacksmith and metal sculptor Klaus Rudolf Werhand .

Herbert Gauls bequeathed his extensive photo archive on the recent city history with around two million negatives to the city of Koblenz on his 80th birthday in 2010. In 2012, Herbert Gauls was awarded the State of Rhineland-Palatinate's Medal of Merit by Prime Minister Kurt Beck for his voluntary work for the common good .

Herbert Gauls lived in Weitersburg , he died on January 17, 2017 at the age of 86.

Exhibitions (selection)

• 1969: "Photo exhibition Herbert Gauls" Chamber of Crafts Koblenz Gallery Handwerk Koblenz
• 1992: “A photographer sees his city” in the Löhr-Center on the occasion of the 2000th anniversary of Koblenz
• March 24–16. May 2005: Special exhibition: "Herbert Gauls - To take pictures on the way" in the Landes Museum Ehrenbreitstein.

Awards

• 1978: Award of the coat of arms plate of the city of Koblenz
• 1989–2002: Chief Master of the Middle Rhine Photographers' Guild
• 1997: Awarded the Golden Badge of Honor from the Central Association of German Professional Photographers
• 2000: On his 70th birthday he received the badge of honor of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and that of the district craftsmen
• 2002: Appointment as Honorary Master of the Middle Rhine Photographers' Guild
• 2012: Awarded the Medal of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate by Prime Minister Kurt Beck
• 2014: Culture award pin of the city of Koblenz

Works

• Paul Theodor Schmitz: Koblenz sketches - photos by Herbert Gauls , Görres-Druckerei, Koblenz, 1964, ISBN
• Photo book "Koblenz. Moving Times - The 50s" with texts by Gudrun Tribukait, Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen, 1995, ISBN 3-86134-253-7
• Photo book "Koblenz. Moving Times - The 60s" with texts by Christine Vary, Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen, 1999, ISBN 3-86134-645-1
• The 50th anniversary with texts by Reinhard Kallenbach , 2000

Web links

• Koblenz photographer Herbert Gauls tells of the exciting quarter of an hour with Elizabeth II in 1965 in Rhein-Zeitung on June 26, 2015
• Contemporary witness remembers the Queen's visit 50 years ago in Focus on June 24, 2015
• The collapse of the Koblenz south bridge 45 years ago - tragedy will not be forgotten , Südwestrundfunk , November 10, 2016.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Exhibition by the artist Klaus Rudolf Werhand, photo material by Herbert Gauls (PDF; 138 kB)
2. ↑ The rich treasure of Herbert Gauls , in: Rhein-Zeitung , August 12, 2010
3. ↑ State Merit Medal for Herbert Gauls ( Memento from May 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
4. ^ Obituary notice for Herbert Gauls in Rhein-Zeitung
5. ↑ Galerie Handwerk Koblenz 1969: Photo exhibition Herbert Gauls ( Memento from September 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 157 kB)