Thomas Hoepker (Höpker) - Leben in der DDR (VINTAGE, FIRST PRINTING) - 1976

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GREAT, FIRST BOOK by Thomas Hoepker from 1976 (!) - with the original dustjacket.

Eva Windmöller and her husband Thomas Höpker belonged to the
FIRST GENERATION OF ACCREDITED WESTERN CORRESPONDENTS IN THE GDR (DDR).
They discovered the country behind the Iron Curtain.
She wrote, he photographed - A HISTORICAL DOCUMENT.

"I am not an artist. I am an image maker."
- Thomas Hoepker -

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Thomas Hoepker worked for the well-known magazines "twen", "Kristall" and "Stern". He became famous through his photos of "Muhammad Ali" and his photo of "9/11".

Thomas Hoepker is MAGNUM member since 1989.
Thomas Hoepker was president of MAGNUM from 2003 till 2007.

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Stern Verlag, Hamburg. 1976. First edition, first printing.

Illustrated hardcover with spine in linen with dustjacket. 215 x 285 mm. 224 pages. 53 photos by Thomas Hoepker. Photos: Thomas Hoepker. Layout: Norbert Kleiner. Printed by Neef, Wittingen. Produced by Henri Nannen. Edited by Victor Schuller. Text: Eva Windmöller. Text in German.

Condition:
Inside excellent, fresh and flawless, clean with no marks and with no foxing. Outside very fresh (protected by the jacket). Dustjacket quite fresh, complete with no missing parts and very impressive; little trace of use, neat tears, light rubbing at the corners and edges. Overall fine, much better than usual condition.

Great first photobook by well-known German Magnum photographer Thomas Hoepker -
with the original dustjacket.

"Thomas Hoepker is a german photographer, born 1936 in Munich, living in New York since 1976.
He is known for stylish color photo features. He also documented the 9/11 World Trade Center destruction. Hoepker originally made a name for himself in the 1960s as a photojournalist with a desire to photograph human conditions.
He first began taking pictures when he was 16 and received an old 9x12 glass plate camera from his grandfather. He developed his prints in his family's kitchen and bathroom, and began to earn a little money by selling pictures to friends and classmates. Hoepker studied art history and archaeology from 1956 to 1959 in Göttingen, Germany, where he learned about understanding images and composition. While in school he continued to photograph and sell images to help finance his education.
From 1960 to 1963 he worked as a photographer for Münchner Illustrierte and Kristall, reporting from around the world. Then in 1964 he began working as a photojournalist for Stern. In the 1970s he also worked as a cameraman for German TV, making documentary films. In 1976 he and his wife, journalist Eva Windmoeller, relocated to New York City as correspondents for Stern. From 1978 to 1981 he was director of photography for American Geo. From 1987 to 1989 Hoepker was based in Hamburg, working as art director for Stern.
Magnum Photos first began distributing Hoepker's photographs in 1964. He became a full member in 1989. He served as Magnum President from 2003 to 2006.
For much of his career Hoepker used Leica cameras. In the 1970s he began to also use single-lens reflex cameras alongside his Leica, using Leicas for wide angle shots and Nikon or Canon cameras with zoom lenses. In 2002 he began using digital SLRs.
Today, Hoepker lives in New York City with his second wife Christine Kruchen, with whom he produces TV documentaries."
(Wikipedia)