Martin UK Lengemann
Martin Ulrich Konrad Lengemann (born September 10, 1969 in Kassel , Hessen) is a German photographer , photojournalist and author .
Life
Martin UK Lengemann is the eldest son of the former Hessian state parliament president and former Thuringian state minister Jochen Lengemann . He grew up in Kassel, where he attended the Annette-von-Droste-Hülshoff school and, after completing secondary school, completed a commercial training in the photo department of the company "Heini Weber" founded by the former national soccer player Heinrich "Heini" Weber . He also worked as a freelance photographer, including for the Kassel Extra Tip.
In 1990 he was called up for military service, acquired a photographer ATN (training and activity number) and documented, among other things, the union of the Bundeswehr and the National People's Army (NVA) for the Bundeswehr . In 1991 he left the United Army as a reserve sergeant candidate with the rank of corporal.
In 1991 he joined the publishing group of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ( FAZ ) as an intern . There he got to know all areas of photojournalism at a daily newspaper. In 1992 Lengemann went to Erfurt for a short time and from there traveled to the federal states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia as a country correspondent who took photographs for a subsidiary of the FAZ. Later he went to Berlin. There he worked as the deputy head of the photo editor and photographer for the Neue Zeit , but also continued to take photos for the FAZ.
In 1994 Lengermann switched to the Axel Springer newspaper group Berlin as an editorial photographer ( Die Welt , Welt am Sonntag, Welt Kompakt, Welt Aktuell and Berliner Morgenpost ). In addition, his pictures appeared in books, newspapers, magazines, in advertising campaigns and on CD covers.
His focus is on portraits from the fields of politics, business and culture, but his pictures cover a wide spectrum of press photography. His images are subtle, extraordinary and persist beyond the moment the newspaper is published.
Lengemann is also active as an author. He wrote about British football for several years and publishes on classical music at irregular intervals. In 2007 he published an interview volume on the conductor Herbert Blomstedt .
Since the early 2000s, he has organized several charity and friendly matches between German and British football teams in Great Britain and Germany. In 2006 his illustrated book Very British! . Lengemann's reports and photo themes deal with Great Britain in terms of content. He has been touring the British Isles several times a year since the 1990s. In 2014 Martin Lengemann initiated the reconciliation project Die Scar , inspired by a story by his great-grandfather that he had concluded a private armistice with a British soldier on the Somme in northern France in the spring of 1918 . Lengemann has been collecting individual fates around the former western front for years . His commitment was honored in the summer of 2015 by the British Ambassador in Berlin, Sir Simon McDonald, with an invitation to a state visit by Queen Elisabeth II.
Lengemann was part of the reporter team from Welt am Sonntag , which tracked down the former Auschwitz overseer Hans Lipschis . He took the only known portrait photo of the former Waffen SS man Lipschis, which subsequently went around the world.
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 1989 See the world with my eyes , Kassel
- 2012 Focus Adagio - Images of Seducers and Magicians , Berlin
Awards
- 2010 Society for News Design - Award of Excellence for the Berliner Philharmoniker
- 2011 Art Directors Club (ADC) Germany - Award for The Unique Orchestra
- 2011 Society for News Design - Award of Excellence, for photo greetings from vacation
- 2011 European Newspaper Award - Award of Excellence for photo greetings from vacation
- 2012 European Newspaper Award - Award of Excellence for Christmas Eve 6 p.m. at ...
- 2013 European Newspaper Award - Award of Excellence for Die Welt des Hans Lipschis
- 2013 European Newspaper Award - Award of Excellence for The Street of the Poets
- 2013 Society for News Design - Award of Excellence for Sea Interludes
- 2013 Society for News Design - Award of Excellence for Die Welt des Hans Lipschis
- 2014 European Newspaper Award - Award of Excellence for a Berlin Christmas story
- 2014 European Newspaper Award - Award of Excellence for Last Dance
- 2014 European Newspaper Award - Award of Excellence for What is the Scot wearing?
- 2014 European Newspaper Award - Award of Excellence - Special prize 100 years of First World War for Die Scar
- 2014 Society for News Design - Award of Excellence for You May Not!
- 2015 European Newspaper Award - Award of Excellence - Special prize 70 years at the end of World War II for a backdrop of horror
Works
- Very British! A photographic declaration of love . B&S Siebenhaar, 2006, ISBN 978-3-936962-34-5
- Herbert Blomstedt: An approach in words and pictures . B&S Siebenhaar, 2007, ISBN 978-3-936962-49-9
- People in Berlin. Encounters with Berlin personalities . Berliner Morgenpost, 2010, ISBN 978-3-942481-02-1
Individual evidence
- ^ This is how "Welt am Sonntag" found Hans Lipschis , Welt am Sonntag from April 21, 2013
- ↑ Old Berlin distillery
- ↑ Extro Gallery
Web links
- Literature by and about Martin UK Lengemann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website www.lengemann.co.uk
- Website www.die-narbe.net
- LengiListening
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lengemann, Martin UK |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lengemann, Martin Ulrich Konrad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German photographer, photojournalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kassel , Hesse |