Thomas Hoepker’s “Wanderlust” Exhibition

LEICA GALLERY LONDON | UNTIL 12TH FEBRUARY

Leica Gallery London’s latest showcase features 20 of Thomas Hoepker’s photographs, with a particular focus on his colour documentary stills. With the works spanning decades, beginning in the 1960s and ending in 2013, the exhibition also ties in with one of Hoepker’s classic images, Advertisement and passengers on bus. New York City 1963 being chosen as the Leica Picture of the Year 2022. This work is one of a larger portfolio of ‘Leica Legends’ prints which will be available exclusively through the global Leica Galleries as a limited-edition collector’s print.

Thomas Hoepker (b.1936 Germany) studied art history and archaeology before working for various German publications and then joining the staff of the prestigious Stern magazine as a photo-reporter in 1964. In 1966, whilst on assignment for German publication Kristall, he produced his seminal and seminal series “The Greatest”, about Muhammad Ali. Magnum began to distribute Thomas Hoepker’s photographs in 1964 and from the 1970s he became involved in documentary film making, first in Germany and then in New York whilst working as a correspondent for Stern magazine. Hoepker became the photography director of the American subsidiary of Geo magazine from 1978-81 and in 1989 he joined Magnum as a full member where he championed the colour feature.

Thomas Hoepker is widely recognised for his personal humility, tight visual statements and refined imagery. His work is utterly committed to the truth and captures the quiet and everyday - he is a true example of the concerned photographer - and still after over 60 years of taking photographs is considered one of the greatest representatives of humanistic photojournalism. His photographs are world-renowned and are held in both International and private collections.

The exhibition is open until 12th February at Leica Gallery London, 66-64 Duke Street, London W1K 6JD and prints will be for sale upon request.