Volker Hinz

[2] Early in his career he became known for his political reportage and travel stories; now his portraits of artists, authors, fashion designers, sports men and politicians are better known.

At the age of 24 he became head of the photo agency "Sven Simon" in Bonn – at that time the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Muhammad Ali, Woody Allen, Helmut Schmidt, to name just some of the many world famous personalities, which he accompanied with the photo camera.

His reports from around the world, his pictorial stories and especially his black and white portraits of international personalities establish his superior rank as a photographer and have strongly influenced the look of the magazine.

Stern – photographer Volker Hinz presented in a photo exhibition for the first time a selection of his works, including portraits of famous personalities".

The bare soccer players Pele and Beckenbauer in the shower or Woody Allen, who forbids himself the mouth, Kate Moss with golden feet: there are not only pictures, but stories told by the camera of Volker Hinz" [8] 2013: Dokumentation – Gespräche mit Volker Hinz – Fotograf – A film by Tom Krausz (TKVisuellFilm Hamburg- German language) [21]

Robert Lebeck , Volker Hinz and Konrad R. Müller photographed by Oliver Mark , Berlin 2014