Horst Sturm

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Horst Sturm, 1951

Horst Sturm (born May 13, 1923 in Geltow ; † December 22, 2015 in Berlin ) was a German photographer, long-time photo reporter for the General German News Service (ADN) and one of the most successful photo reporters in the GDR .

Life

Sturm received his first camera from his parents for his eleventh birthday and trained as a repro photographer after school .

During the Second World War he took part as a signal guest in a mine clearing division of the German Navy . After the crew of his boat refused to “ leave Bremerhaven ” shortly before the end of the war , they were all sentenced to death by the military court chaired by Hans Filbinger . Due to the Soviet veto after the end of the war, the penalties were reduced; Sturm had to serve a one-year prison sentence.

Helsinki, August 1, 1975:
Helmut Schmidt , Erich Honecker , Gerald Ford and Bruno Kreisky sign the CSCE Final Document.

After his imprisonment, he returned to Berlin, where he began to photograph important events independently from 1949 and was able to publish some photographs in newspapers. He was discovered by Eugen Heilig's son Walter Heilig. Eugen Heilig was in charge of the Illus-Bilderdienst (Illus: illustration center for press, books and advertising ; later Zentrale Bildstelle , or Zentral-Bild GmbH for short ; merged with ADN). Sturm's photo became famous for the signing of the Helsinki Final Act with Erich Honecker , Helmut Schmidt , Gerald Ford and Bruno Kreisky .

In 1965 he co-founded the 21-person photographer group SIGNUM, which existed until 1969 . Sturm trained many photographers who affectionately called him "Captain".

Honors (selection)

In 1951, Sturm, who was already a photo reporter for the Illus-Bilderdienst, received the "For Excellent Achievement" award on the " Day of Activists ". In 1964 he received an honorary degree in photography. In 2010, in recognition of his life's work, he was made an honorary member of the Bundesverband der Arbeiterfotografie eV and a special edition of the series Arbeiterfotografie published by Erich Weiß was dedicated to him.

Exhibitions (selection)

literature

  • Working group Photography Hamburg e. V. (Ed.): The German Eye: 33 Photographers and their Reports. Schirmer / Mosel Verlag 1996. ISBN 978-3-888-14817-0
  • Horst Sturm, press photography: Exhibition from April 14th. until May 27th, 1988, photo gallery Berlin-Friedrichshain. Friedrichshain photo gallery, 1988.
  • Workers' photography: Horst Sturm - special edition for the award of honorary membership. Erich-Weiß-Verlag , Bamberg 2010.
  • “The simple one. Photographs by Horst Sturm «. Edited by Gabriele Senft . Verlag Wiljo Heinen, Berlin and Böklund 2016. ISBN 978-3-95514-907-9

Web links

Commons : Horst Sturm  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ingeborg Ruthe : Photo reporter Horst Sturm is dead. Berliner Zeitung , January 8, 2016.
  2. ↑ Gabriele Senft : Truthfulness is the most important thing. Obituary for the photo journalist Horst Sturm in Junge Welt from January 6, 2016 p. 10
  3. ↑ Hans-Dieter Hey, Peter Zenker: ARTrechte: The passionate photographer Horst Sturm is dead , R-mediabase, January 2016.
  4. ↑ Walter Sommermann: A worthy honor for the photographer Horst Sturm ( Memento of the original from January 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cubafreundschaft.de archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , New Germany , December 17, 2010.
  5. ^ A b Gabriele Senft : On the death of the former ADN photographer Horst Sturm , Federal Archives
personal data
SURNAME Sturm, Horst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Geltow
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 2015
Place of death Berlin