Gerhard Launer

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Aerial photographer and pilot Gerhard Launer

Gerhard Launer (born January 8, 1949 in Werneck , Schweinfurt district , Lower Franconia ) is one of the most famous German aerial photographers .

Life

Gerhard Launer was born in Werneck in 1949. As a child he received violin lessons and at the age of 9 was invited by the world-famous soloist and violin pedagogue Tibor Varga for a 3-month stay in Switzerland . At the age of 14 he began studying violin at the Würzburg Conservatory . As a result of an accident, he had to give up his goal of becoming a musician.

During his studies as a graphic designer, he obtained a private pilot's license - later a commercial pilot's license ; He thus combined his interests photography and flying and made them his profession: aerial photography.

His passion is the peculiarities and structures in nature that cannot be seen from the ground. This is how his “artistic photos” are created, which are published in calendars and books. With his calendars “Structures” and “Wind, Water, Waves” he won first and second prizes at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 1996 , awarded by the German Book Trade Association . In 2003, Gerhard Launer was featured on the TV show Galileo on ProSieben to explain how aerial photographs are made.
In the spring of 2004, Knesebeck-Verlag published his first book entitled Germany from above - Day by Day . More books followed. In May 2005, Gerhard Launer was featured in the magazine Stern with his pictures “Germany is so beautiful”.

Gerhard Launer WFL-GmbH

The Gerhard Launer WFL-GmbH in Rottendorf in Würzburg since 1976 in the field of aerial photography ( isometric active). With two of our own aircraft and special aerial cameras (analog: Linhof-Aerotechnica, recording format 4 × 5 inch; digital: Hasselblad HD2 , resolution 39 million pixels), almost every city, town, landscape and tourist attraction in Germany was photographed. In addition, their archive contains aerial photographs from abroad, primarily from the USA.

In-house digital processing and a laboratory make it possible to produce images (both as reflective templates and large slides).

Works

Books

  • Germany from above - day by day: Verlag Knesebeck, Munich 2004, Gerhard Launer and Rainer Greubel, With 365 colored illustrations, ISBN 978-3-89660-209-1 .
  • Bavaria from above: Verlag Knesebeck, Munich 2005, Gerhard Launer, with 100 colored illustrations, ISBN 978-3-89660-260-2 .
  • Hessen from above: Verlag Knesebeck, Munich 2005, Gerhard Launer, with 100 colored illustrations, ISBN 978-3-89660-320-3 .
  • Flying high - The Rems-Murr-Kreis from above: Silberburg-Verlag , 2005, Gerhard Launer and Teja Banzhaf, 96 pages, ISBN 978-3-87407-674-6 .
  • Northern Germany from above: Verlag Knesebeck, Munich 2006, Gerhard Launer, with 100 colored illustrations, ISBN 978-3-89660-353-1 .
  • Germany from above - told for children: Verlag Knesebeck, Munich 2007, Gerhard Launer and Manfred Mai, ISBN 978-3-89660-461-3 .
  • Germany. An aerial photo trip: Ellert & Richter Verlag , Hamburg 2010, Gerhard Launer, With 91 colored illustrations, in three languages, ISBN 978-3-8319-0411-2 .
  • Wadden Sea World Heritage Site. An aerial photo trip: Ellert & Richter Verlag, Hamburg 2010, Gerhard Launer and Holger Schulz, with 69 colored illustrations, ISBN 978-3-8319-0413-6 .
  • Baden-Württemberg. An aerial photo trip, Ellert & Richter Verlag 2010.
  • Hessen from above, Ellert & Richter Verlag 2011.
  • The unknown Germany, Ellert & Richter Verlag 2012.
  • Germany's cities. Discoveries from above. Frederking & Thaler, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-89405-996-5 .
  • Deutschland / Germany / Allemagne, Ellert & Richter Verlag 2013.

calendar

  • Wind, water, waves: Aerographie '97, Verlag Dipla, 1997, Gerhard Launer, ISBN 3-932008-75-8 .
  • Structures: Aerographie '97, Verlag Dipla, 1997, Gerhard Launer, ISBN 3-932008-73-1 .
  • Calendar Girls: Scheiner Druck and Gerhard Launer, 2004, benefit calendar.
  • Germany from the air: Heye, 2005, ISBN 3-8318-2025-2 .
  • The world from above: Verlag Palazzi, 2005, ISBN 3-936421-27-7 .
  • Germany from above: Verlag Knesebeck, 2006.
  • Germany from above: Verlag Knesebeck, 2007.
  • Germany from above: Verlag Knesebeck, 2008.
  • Bavaria from above: Verlag Knesebeck, 2006.

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personal data
SURNAME Launer, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German aerial photographer and pilot
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Werneck , district of Schweinfurt , Lower Franconia