Hamburg meine Perle. Fotografien aus den 1940er, 1950er und 1960er Jahren

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"In the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, some of Hamburg’s most important photographers (including Germin, Erich Andres, Günter ZINT) captured impressive black and white and color pictures, something that hardly anyone would have thought possible after the bombing in 1943: Die the metropolis on the Elbe, which had been badly hit, had not perished, but - was alive! Around 300 large-format pictures from the holdings of the Museums der Arbeit, the Deutsche Fotothek and the collection of photographer Günter ZINT show the rapid resurrection of the Hanseatic city from the ruins of the past and its return to old splendor in a new style.

The illustrated book 'Hamburg meine Perle. Fotografien aus den 1940er, 1950er und 1960er Jahren' (Hamburg my pearl. Photographs from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s) represents an impressive and emotional journey through the metropolis with unique photos, most of which were published for the first time." (free translated publisher's note, © Emons Verlag, 2017)
Günter ZINT started a traineeship at the German Press Agency (DPA) in 1959. From 1967 to 1971 he worked for the magazine 'Der Spiegel' and then as a freelance press photographer.
He became known for his photos in the Hamburg Star Club. At the end of the 1960s he founded the 'St. Pauli Nachrichten ', originally a left-wing tabloid, for which Henryk M. Broder and Stefan Aust also wrote. In addition to other orders for 'Stern', 'Spiegel' and 'concrete', Günter ZINT concentrated more and more on the environmental, social and neighborhood focal points that had become important to him.

About German photographer, Günter ZINT

Photo books by as well as with works by Günter ZINT