Volker Hinz

Volker Hinz (born June 19, 1947 in Hamburg-Blankenese ; † October 18, 2019 ) was a German photographer .

Life

Born in Hamburg-Blankenese in 1947, the life of Volker Hinz was determined by photography from an early age. At the age of 20 he was already selling his first pictures to newspapers, at 24 he became head of the “Sven Simon Bild Agentur” in Bonn until he came to Stern in Hamburg in 1974 . In 1978 he moved to New York City as a freelance photographer . It was there that many of his large reports, portraits and travel photographs were taken, which made him known across national borders. Since 1986 the man from Hamburg has been working from his hometown again.

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Volker Hinz became known in the early 1970s with reports from the German political scene. Commissions for the star gave him opportunities for gripping photo documentaries such as New York nightlife, Hollywood and Mexico, for which he received the World Press Award and membership in the most important photography associations.

reception

Der Stern: “Hinz has been working for Stern for thirty years - almost eight of them based in New York. He has illustrated countless reports for Stern over the past three decades. Muhammad Ali , Woody Allen , Helmut Schmidt , to name just a few of the many world-famous personalities he has accompanied with his camera. His photo of Pelé and Franz Beckenbauer is legendary . … ““ Hinz 'photographs have decisively shaped the look of the Stern. The focus of his work has always been on the human being as a motif and the human being as the language of images. ”(By David Scherf) Volker Hinz Exhibition 2008

The star: “The photographer Volker Hinz is… a contemporary painter. The contemporary painter among the great photographers, to be precise. For decades, the photographer Volker Hinz has been portraying the famous and powerful of this world for Stern. Now he himself is the center of attention (by: Ulrike Posche ) congratulates on his 60th birthday. "

Der Stern: “The photographer Volker Hinz has been working for the Stern for almost three decades. His reports from all over the world, his picture stories and, above all, his black and white portraits of international personalities justify his outstanding position as a photographer and have strongly shaped the appearance of the magazine. The star photographer Volker Hinz is presenting a selection of his works in a photo exhibition for the first time, including portraits of famous personalities. "

Artist talk Volker Hinz with Ulrich Rüter, Gruner + Jahr Pressehaus: “For almost forty years now, Volker Hinz has played a decisive role in shaping the visual appearance of Stern magazine. There is hardly a magazine without his confident portraits of celebrities from all over the world. Now the publishing house Gruner + Jahr is honoring him with an exhibition and with the latest volume in the Stern Photography Portfolios series. 'Turning photos into experiences is the art and craft of Volker Hinz.' What distinguishes him are 'velvet gloves and hawk eyes'. "(Jochen Siemens)

Volker Hinz was one of the most prominent portrait photographers in the German press landscape and one of his special abilities was to add new aspects to the portraits of famous - sometimes notorious - contemporaries from the fields of politics, film, literature, sport and fashion, beyond the familiar clichés. The naked footballers Beckenbauer and Pelé in the shower or Woody Allen , who forbids himself to speak, Kate Moss with golden feet: It is not pictures, but stories that Volker Hinz tells with a single camera view.

Exhibitions

1978: "Volker Hinz - 'Pictures of my Reality'", Landesbildstelle, Hamburg,
1979: "Volker Hinz - 'Pictures of my Reality'", Landesbildstelle, Bremen,
1982: "Volker Hinz - 'Pictures of My Reality'", Landesbildstelle, Berlin
1990: "Volker Hinz - 'Area'", 1990, Les Rencontres, Arles, France
1990: "Volker Hinz - 'Area'", 1990, Fotoforum, Bremen
1990: "Volker Hinz - 'Area'", 1990, Fotofroum, Frankfurt
1991: "Volker Hinz - 'Area'", 1991, photo gallery district office Friedrichshain, Berlin
1991–1992: "Volker Hinz - traveling exhibition 'Area' through Germany"
1997: "Volker Hinz - Prominent Portraits", 1997 Altonaer Museum, Hamburg
2002: “Volker Hinz - Private Life of Muhammad Ali”, from May 14th to June 20th, 2002, as part of the 2nd Triennial of Photography Hamburg
2002: “Volker Hinz - Self-Portraits” from August 20 to October 20, 2002, Altonaer Museum, Hamburg
2004: “Volker Hinz - Bad Pictures with the Biogon”, from March 7th to April 18th, 2004, Palais for Current Art, Glückstadt
2005: “Volker Hinz exhibition - 24 hours 7 days, photographs 1974–2004. Retrospective ”, from April 20 to June 19, 2005, Altonaer Museum, Hamburg
2006: "Volker Hinz - Photographs 1974 - 2004. Retrospective", from April 23 to July 30, 2006, Landesmuseum, Oldenburg
2008: "Volker Hinz - Party, Pumps and Hangers - Photographs from the Fashion World", from April 23 to June 19, 2008, Landdrostei in Pinneberg near Hamburg
2011: "Volker Hinz - #Triennale of #Photography - Faces of the cinema. International film stars", from April 10th to June 5th, 2011, Museum Langes Tannen, Uetersen
2012: “Volker Hinz - Exhibition - stars in the star”, from April 5 to 26, 2012, Gruner + Jahr Pressehaus, Hamburg
2012: “Volker Hinz - Stolen Moments” until July 16, 2012, Gallery “No 6 - Space for Photography”, Bremen
2013: “William S. Burroughs Retrospective”, Falckenberg Collection Hamburg-Harburg, from March 16 to August 18, 2013, in the Deichtorhallen, Hamburg 2013
2014: "Legends", 13th International Fotofestiwal Lodz, Poland, from June 5th to 15th, 2014
2015: "Area Revisited", on the occasion of the 6th Triennial of Photography Hamburg, AREA / Oberhafen, from June 19 to 28, 2015
2016: "Photography Never Dies", Galeria Wrocław Główny, Poland, from November 17, 2016 to January 8, 2017
2017: "High Heels - The Art of Shoes", Lichtenwalde Castle, Niederwiesa, from May 25, 2017 to January 7, 2018

Awards

World Press Photo Award, 1973, Volker Hinz, 2nd prize, portraits

World Press Photo Award, 1975, Volker Hinz, 2nd prize, People in the News

World Press Photo Award, 1976, Volker Hinz, 3rd prize, News Features

Books

Area: photographs , Volker Hinz; Karl Steinorth; Thomas Buchsteiner, Schaffhausen 1990: Ed. Stemmle, 134 pages, ISBN 3-7231-0414-2 .
Jagmandir: Dream as Reality; The eccentric private theater of Maharana , by Udaipur and André Heller , essay by Jürgen Kesting , photographs by Volker Hinz and Gabriela Brandenstein, Vienna: Brandstätter 1991, 160 pages, ISBN 3-85447-400-8 .
Private life of Muhammad Ali Photography by Volker Hinz; A publication by Aplanat Galerie für Fotografie accompanying the Exhibition, Limited ed., 1st ed., Hamburg 2002, Germany: Aplanat Galerie für Fotografie, 63 pages, ISBN 3-922805-74-4 .
Stern Fotografie , Volker Hinz, 67th new edition, Hamburg 2012, Gruner + Jahr, 96 pages in 67 parts, ISBN 978-3-652-00068-0 .
In Love with Photography , with an introduction by Peter-Matthias Gaede . Edition Lammerhuber, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-903101-00-5 .