Gerhard Steidl

Gerhard Steidl (born 1950)[1] is a German printer and publisher.

Gerhard Steidl was born and grew up in Göttingen, Germany.

[1] His father was a cleaner in the presses of the local newspaper where Steidl developed an interest in the technical aspects of printing from an early age.

The printing company did what the boy thought was a poor job; he suggested printing the sheet twice, the company agreed to do so in order to get rid of him, and his idea worked fairly well.

He also owns a guest house called the Halftone Hotel where each room is named for an artist printed by his company.