Thomas Hoepker

(German, born 1936)

ali jumping by thomas hoepker

Thomas Hoepker

Ali jumping, 1966

4,000–8,000 EUR

view over brooklyn bridge to manhattan by thomas hoepker

Thomas Hoepker

View over Brooklyn Bridge to Manhattan, 2001

3,000–5,000 EUR

view from empire state building after a storm by thomas hoepker

Thomas Hoepker

View from Empire State Building after a storm, 2013

3,000–3,800 EUR

new york st. patricks cathedral on fifth avenue by thomas hoepker

Thomas Hoepker

New York St. Patricks Cathedral on fifth Avenue, 1983

3,000–5,000 EUR

museum by thomas hoepker

Thomas Hoepker

Museum, 2013

1,800–3,200 EUR

nyc whitney museum by thomas hoepker

Thomas Hoepker

NYC Whitney Museum, 2016

1,800–3,200 EUR

ali showing of his left fist by thomas hoepker

Thomas Hoepker

Ali showing of his left fist, 1966

8,000–10,000 EUR

Biography

Timeline

1936
Born in Munich, Germany
1956 - 1959
Studied Art History and Archaeology, Goettingen/Munich, Germany
1960 - 1963
Worked as a photographer for Münchner Illustrierte and Kristall
1964
Worked as a photo-reporter for Stern magazine
Magnum began to distribute Hoepker's archive photographs
1968
Kulturpreis, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Photographie
1972
Worked as cameraman and producer of documentary films for German television
1974
Collaborated with his wife, journalist Eva Windmoeller, first in East Germany and then in New York, where they moved to work as correspondents for Stern in 1976
1978 - 1981
Director of photography for the American edition of Geo
1987 - 1989
Worked as art director for Stern in Hamburg

Exhibitions

2007
Retrospective at Kunsthalle Hamburg and C/O Gallery Berlin
2006
Photographien 1955-2005 - Photomuseum, Munich, Germany
2004
Vintage Show, PaceMacgill Gallery, New York, NY
1995
Retrospective - Claus Tebbe Gallery, Cologne, Germany
1994
The Maya - Kunsthalle Cologne, Cologne, Germany
1985 - 1987
Retrospective, 25 cities in Germany
1976
Rizzoli Gallery, New York and Rizzoli Gallery, Washington D.C.
1965
Kunst und Gewerbe Museum, Hamburg, Germany

Literature

2005
Thomas Hoepker, Photographien 1955-2005, Schirmer & Mosel, Germany
1998
Return of the Maya: Guatemala. A Tale of Survival, Henry Holt, USA
1991
Land of Enchantment, New Mexico, Philip-Morris books, Germany
1989
HA Schult, Fetisch Auto, Germany
1988
Rome, Hofmann & Campe, Germany
1987
New Yorker: 50 unusual portraits, Stemmle, Schaffhausen, Germany
1986
HA Schult, New York ist Berlin, Germany
Amerika: History of the discovery from Florida to Canada, Germany
1985
Leben in der DDR. Life in East Germany, Sternbuch, Germany
Ansichten.Fotos von 1960 bis 1985, Braus, Heidelberg, Germany
1984
Der Wahn vom Weltreich: Germany’s former Colonies, Sternbuch, Germany
Now! Überdosis New York/ HA Schult., Germany
1983
Die New York-Story, GEO Buch, Germany
Thomas Höpker (I Grandi Fotografi), Rizzoli, Italy