Hanns-Jörg Anders

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Hanns-Jörg Anders (* 1942 in Gardelegen ) is a German photographer .

Life

Anders initially completed a commercial apprenticeship, from 1966 he worked as a freelance photographer. From 1968 he worked for Stern magazine . In the following years, Anders published his photos in various other magazines, including Paris Match , Epoc .

During a trip through Turkey, Anders managed to document the birth of a foal by chance. His pictures have been published in various European and American newspapers. In addition, a book was created with the title “A foal is born” (by Hans-Heinrich Isenbart , Hanns-Jörg Anders).

When Uwe Barschel was found dead in the bathtub of his hotel in Geneva in 1987 , Anders was present with a colleague from Stern , Sebastian Knauer , and took the first photos. The decisive photos were not taken by Anders, but by Knauer. For a long time it was claimed that Anders was the first to see the dead perch. In his book "Doppelmord an Uwe Barschel", however, the former SPIEGEL journalist Wolfram Baentsch points out that a chambermaid had found Barschel beforehand. According to her, he was lying upside down in the water with his back turned upwards, not as the photos of the Stern reporter later showed him. The maid's statement is supported by the fact that Barschel's hair can be seen as wet in Knauer's pictures - a circumstance that cannot be explained if Barschel had lain in the tub with his head over water that night.

In terms of photography, Hanns-Jörg Anders deals with a wide range of topics: His scope extends from local photography to all over the world. On numerous trips he photographs poverty in Africa, reports on aid missions in Ethiopia, portrays their helpers. But even in his home country his spectrum ranges from socially disadvantaged areas to the upper classes. Anders even took the photos for a cookbook.

In 2002 his career at "Stern" ended when he retired.

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CV at worldpressphoto.org , accessed on February 14, 2010
  2. ↑ Article on morgenpost.de , accessed on February 14, 2010
  3. ^ Wolfram Baentsch: Double murder of Uwe Barschel.
  4. ↑ Article on stern.de , accessed on February 14, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Anders, Hanns-Jörg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Gardelegen , Saxony-Anhalt