HOEPKER, Thomas

About the German MAGNUM photographer, Thomas HOEPKER (b.1936, in Munich)

Thomas HOEPKER studied art history and archaeology in Munich and Göttingen and then worked regularly as a photographer for magazines and yearbooks. In 1964, he was finally hired as a photo reporter by Henri Nannen and Rolf Gillhausen at the illustrated magazine stern. In 1989 he became a full member of the Magnum Photos agency and was its president from 2003 to 2007. From 2005 to 2006 he shot documentaries for SWR and arte in South America. Thomas HOEPKER has lived in New York since 1976.

Photo books by and with works by Thomas HOEPKER

• 'Wien' (1980); 'Leben in der DDR' (1985); 'Rome' (1988); 'Ost und West - Fotoreportages' (together with photographs by Stefan MOSES, Max SCHELER, Eberhard SEELIGER); 'Photographs 1955-2005' (2005); 'DDR Ansichten' (2011); 'Big Champ: Muhammad Ali photographed by Thomas Hoepker' (2011, 2015); 'Heartland: An American Road Trip in 1963' (2013); 'New York' (2013); 'Eyes Wide Open! 100 Years of Leica Photography' (2015); 'Faraway Focus. Photographers go travelling (1880–2015)' (2017); 'Strange Encounters' (2017); 'The Way it Was. Road Trips USA' (2022)