Heinz Finke

Heinz Finke (born January 27, 1915 in Haldensleben ; † November 28, 2007 in Konstanz ) was a German photographer and photojournalist .

Life

Heinz Finke, whose father died in the First World War , was forced into the Reich Labor Service in 1935, later as a "PK-Bildberichter" for the army newspaper "Der Sieg" in the Propaganda Company 625 of the Wehrmacht . There he got to know the journalist Hans Bayer , who became known as " Thaddäus Troll " after the war . After the end of the war he settled in Wertheim am Main and founded the “Wertheimer Pressedienst”. Among other things, he worked for the then publisher and later Federal President Theodor Heuss . As the holder of one of the rare American press licenses, he worked as a text and picture author for several daily newspapers such as Fränkische Rundschau , Main-Post , Mannheimer Morgen and Hannoversche Allgemeine .

Finke lived since 1951 in Konstanz and was Ullstein people to the publisher for the recent Berliner John Weyl founded Südkurier active in Konstanz as a press photographer. He became known as a photo reporter in the post-war years, especially with his photo reports, for example about Theodor Heuss , Albert Schweitzer , Willy Brandt and Konrad Adenauer .

He was also involved in the Volksbund Deutscher Kriegsgräberfürsorge for decades and was on the road every year with colleagues from the German Association of Journalists for the Volksbund to illustrate reports for the day of national mourning in memory of the fallen soldiers.

Heinz Finke published more than 40 illustrated books and took photos exclusively with a Leica . All his life he was only on foot or by public transport.

Works

• Heinz Finke, Richard Grossmann: Catalonia , Simon and Koch 1963
• Heinz Finke, Karl Schib : Land am Hochrhein , Thorbecke 1967
• Erich Langguth, Heinz Finke: Wertheim , Weidlich 1969
• Heinz Finke: Konstanz , Weidlich 1969
• Heinz Finke: Konstanz , Verlag Friedrich Stadler 1972, ISBN 3797700091
• Herbert Berner, Heinz Finke: West Lake Constance and Hegau. The district of Konstanz , 1982, ISBN 3803582199
• Heinz Finke: Beautiful homeland Hegau. A Photographic Sketchbook , 1983, ISBN 3877990320
• Heinz Finke, Ernst W. to Lynar: The Baar. Land on the young Danube , 1983, ISBN 3877990878
• Heinz Finke, Hans Leip: This is Konstanz , 1983, ISBN 3797701063
• Heinz Finke: Beautiful home in Linzgau. A Photographic Sketchbook , 1986, ISBN 3877990479
• Klaus Oettinger, Helmut Weidhase, Heinz Finke: This is Konstanz , 1988, ISBN 3797701713
• Mathias Jung, Heinz Finke: To the praise of Alsace , Harenberg 1990 3rd edition, ISBN 3883795372
• Ulrich Einsle, Fritz Roth, Heinz Finke: Around Lake Constance , 1991, ISBN 3797700121
• Mathias Jung, Heinz Finke: enthusiasm about the Black Forest , DBT in Bertelsmann Verlag 1991 2nd edition, ISBN 3883795623
• Heinz Finke: Island walks. Werd, Liebesinsel, Reichenau, Mainau, Dominikanerinsel, Lindau , 1991, ISBN 387685122X
• Heinz Finke, Wolfram Vogel: Being close to the lake. Palaces, castles, mansions around Lake Constance , 1991, ISBN 3876851297
• Mathias Jung, Heinz Finke: Geliebter Bodensee , DBT in Bertelsmann Verlag 1992, ISBN 3883795070
• Heinz Finke: Sunny heights, shining banks. Hegau, Höri, Bodanrück. A literary travel guide , Neukirchen Verlag 1993, ISBN 3762180105
• Heinz Finke: Unknown Constance , Christl. Verlag Konstanz 1993, ISBN 3762180091
• Heinz Finke, Dominik Gügel (eds.): Konstanz. A city in transition , Stadler Konstanz 1997 2nd edition, ISBN 3797703236
• Heinz Finke, Siegfried Schweiger: Art Nouveau in Konstanz , Stadler Konstanz 2001, ISBN 3797703260
• Sieglinde Schopf: Heinz Finke - his photos say more than 1,000 words , Schopf Verlag Konstanz 2004, ISBN 3938022000
• Bernhard Möking , Heinz Finke (photos): Legends and Schwänke vom Bodensee , Südverlag 2005 9th edition, ISBN 387800043X

literature

• Eastern Switzerland border crossings: "An exciting life!" - Portrait of the photographer Heinz Finke from Konstanz, Germany, whose life was an eventful journey. , 4th volume, 14th edition, X-Time 2007 publisher, ISSN  1424-7100 ISBN 3-909990-16-9
• Heinz Finke - his photos say more than a thousand words - review of the life of the most famous press photographer and journalist in the Lake Constance area, 216 pages, 50 b / w illustrations, Schopf-Verlag Konstanz 2003, ISBN 978-3-938022-00-9

Web links

• Literature by and about Heinz Finke in the catalog of the German National Library
• Südkurier: "Heinz Finke died" , December 4, 2007

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Menschenfreund und Fotograf" , Tobias Engelsing in DJV Blickpunkt, February 2005.
2. ^ "Heinz Finke died" , Südkurier , December 4, 2007
3. ^ "Heinz Finke: Decades of Peace Work " , Volksbund , edition 3/2003, page 16
4. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.