Herbert Becke

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Herbert Becke, 2001

Herbert Becke (* 1950 in Munich ) is a German cultural worker and photographer .

Life and accomplishments

At the age of 16, Becke founded the Valentinadenbühne in Munich and directed it for five years. After studying adult education at the State University of Applied Sciences in Munich, which he graduated with a degree in social education, at the age of 26 he took over the management of the adult education center in the north of the district of Munich ( Garching near Munich , Ismaning , Unterföhring and Unterschleißheim ). In the 33 years of his tenure, the vhs München-Nord developed into the second largest adult education institution in Upper Bavaria. From 1976 to 2008, Becke built up the series of cabaret cultural Thursdays in the Garching community center. For 14 years, the subscribers' audience awarded the Garchinger Kleinkunstmaske Kleinkunstpreis . He was founder and for many years director of the music schools in Garching (1977) and Ismaning (1978). Becke was the initiator of the “City-Country Talks” and the initiator of the “Kinos im Römerhof” in Garching. Herbert Becke is a lecturer in photography as well as the initiator and head of the “Photo Art Munich” project, organizer of the Munich Photo Days and juror at national and international photo competitions. From 1979 to 1991 he was teaching at the Munich University of Applied Sciences for Social Work. Becke is a board member of the "Saubande", the Valentin-Karlstadt-Förderverein, for the moral and financial support of the Valentin-Karlstadt-Museum .

Artistic work

Becke takes photos with a focus on people and reportage photography. Various exhibitions, such as " Ostfriesland ", "Die Daxen vom Riemerfeld", "Kick-off", "Sylt at any light", "Artist portraits", " Venice , as if we had dreamed ...", "From my point of view", "Eiskanal", "Ismaninger Heads" and "Munich from the bottom up". Herbert Becke worked with photographers such as Rainer Martini, Michael Gnade , Harald Mante , Detlev Motz, Hans Jessel, Dietmar Nill, Michael Martin . He is the founder and initiator of the photo project "down to earth". Becke photographs with the camera directly "on the ground of facts" and thus shows completely new perspectives.

Exhibitions

  • 1982: Garching, community center, exhibition with landscape photos of "Ostfriesland"
  • 1983: Aurich , vhs culture and education center, "A Munich resident sees East Frisia"
  • 1990: Garching, community center, "Die Daxen vom Riemerfeld"
  • 1991: Garching, community center, "artist portraits"
  • 1992: Garching, city library, "40 celebrities"
  • 1993: Garching, community center, "kick-off youth football"
  • 2000: Garching, Bürgerhaus, "Theater Photography"
  • 2003: Ismaning, training center, "Venice as if we had dreamed"
  • 2003: Garching, community center, "Fascination Eiskanal"
  • 2004: Berchtesgaden, Congress Center, "The World Champions in Bobsleigh and Skeleton"
  • 2006: Garching, Bürgerhaus, "From my point of view"
  • 2012: Unterföhring, vhs center, "encounter"
  • 2013: Ismaning, Castle Museum, "Ismaning Heads"
  • 2013: Ismaning, Kallmann Museum, Palace Pavilion, "down to earth"
  • 2014: Munich, gallery eigenArt, "from bottom to top"
  • 2014: Garching, underground station, "Fascination Eiskanal"
  • 2015: Munich, Valentin-Karlstadt-Musäum, "M ... from the perspective of Perspective DEPTH"
  • 2015: Munich, Altezza, "Munich at the bottom of the 5th floor"
  • 2016: Unterschleißheim, community center, "40 years in the frame"
  • 2017: Garching, subway station, "Artist portraits - 40 years of cabaret"
  • 2017: Munich, Altezza, "Munich Perspective DEPTHS"
  • 2017: Villingen-Schwenningen , media festival, "Pictures based on the facts"

Volunteer work

  • 1972-1978: Chairman of the District Committee Milbertshofen hard-Schwabing-Nord
  • 1977: Founding and chairman of the photo club of the adult education center "CC77".
  • 1982–1992: 2nd chairman of the Upper Bavarian Adult Education Center

Awards

  • 2009: Merit Medal of the City of Garching
  • 2010: Tassilopreis (for art and culture) of the Süddeutsche Zeitung for his life's work
  • 2012: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • 2018: Gold medal of the Trierenberg Super Circuit in the Run category

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Announcement of the awards on June 1, 2012. Accessed June 25, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Becke, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich , Germany