Hoepker started out taking pictures at just 16 years old when he recieved an old camera from his grandfather. He developed all his images from home and made a little money on the side selling some of his printings to friends and family.
In school hoepker studied archaeology, art and history at Goettingen, in Munich, Germany, while there he also gave breif lessons on images and composition. While in education Hoepker also sold pictures on the side to help finance himself. Hoepker was an inspiration showing how independant you can get. In 1960 he started work as a photographer for Münchner Illustrierte and Kristall, in which he traveled the world and reported the news.
Then in 1964 he began work for Stern magazine, soon after this he began temporary work as a TV cameraman making documentaries. In 1976 both he and his wife moved to newyork in search for work. Hoepker made it big when he became the director of photography for american GEO magazine.
Over his years Hoepker had many huge accomplishments, He had several exhibitions in his name and multiple films made. He also won 2 awards for his work, , the Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Photographie, in 1968 and a first prize for Death in a Cornfield, a TV film on Guatemala, from the German ministry of foreign aid, 1999
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ReplyDeletetake it you're not English aha, yeah he was a very famous photographer, its for my coursework aha
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