Sven Simon (photographer)

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Memorial stone in Sven-Simon-Park
Grave of Axel Springer jr.

Sven Simon (pseudonym of Axel Springer junior ; born February 7, 1941 in Hamburg ; † January 3, 1980 ibid) was a German photographer and journalist .

Life

The son of the publisher Axel Springer was at times editor-in-chief of Welt am Sonntag , but has made a name for himself above all as a sports photographer and won numerous prizes for his work: Simon's photograph of the then German national player Uwe Seeler , who played at the final of the soccer World Cup 1966 leaves the pitch of the Wembley Stadium with his head hanging , voted " Sports Photo of the Century " by Welt am Sonntag . He also made the well-known picture of a visibly shaken Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt at the funeral for Hanns Martin Schleyer between the relatives.

At the age of 38 years Simon committed the Hamburg suicide . Since no suicide note appeared and no information was given by his family, the motives are in the dark. Simon was buried in the Groß-Flottbek cemetery in Hamburg.

In order to preserve his memory, Welt am Sonntag donated the Sven Simon Prize for nature and sports photography, endowed with a total of 14,000 euros, and his father donated the Sven Simon Park at Falkenstein in Hamburg.

literature

  • Sven Simon (Hrsg.): Sylt - Adventure of an island. Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1980, ISBN 3-455-08920-8
  • Axel Sven Springer: The (new) testament. My grandfather Axel Springer, Friede, me and the puller. The real story of an inheritance. Haffmans & Tolkemitt, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-942989-12-1 .
  • Into the unknown . In: Der Spiegel . No. 1 , 1980 ( online ).
  • Michael Jürgs: The Savior from Altona . In: Der Spiegel . No. 27 , 1995 ( online - about Axel Springer's life).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Wembley Tragedy . star. July 2, 2008. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  2. ^ Image for: Schmidt receives Schleyer Prize: Reconciliation after 36 years - Image 1 of 1 - FAZ. In: faz.net. Retrieved November 10, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Into the unknown . In: Der Spiegel . No. 1 , 1980 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Simon, Sven
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Springer, Axel Jr. (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and sports photographer
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 1980
Place of death Hamburg