| Curriculum vitae |
| 1940 |
Born on March 11 in Berlin. Primary school and college in Frankenberg
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| 1951 |
First photographs with a box camera
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| 1958-1961 |
Apprenticeship as a photographer
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| 1961 |
Winner of the photography contest Du und Deine Welt (You and your world).
First ascents in the Western Alps
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| 1962 |
Four months climbing in the Western and Eastern Alps
- MJC St. Gervais, Genève
- Eurozentrum, Köln, (D)
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| 1963 |
First cover photo (Der Bergkamerad)
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| 1964 |
Free lance photographer. Beginning of a long collaboration with author and publisher Walter Pause
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| 1970 |
Member of the Nanga Parbat expedition guided by Karl Maria Herrligkofer. Further members were Reinhold and Günter Messner
In the same year publication of the book Im extremen Fels by Pause/Winkler, the «bible» of extreme climbing in the seventies
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| 1971 |
Extensive work as a guide of trekking tours and expeditions world-wide
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| 1972 |
First exhibition in Munich
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| 1973 |
Licensed as mountain and ski guide
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| 1976 |
Book Nepal appears. Publications in Merian and Geo. Further exhibitions
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| 1989 |
Book Himalaya published by Bruckmann. European Mountain Book Award
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| 1990 |
Award by the German Alpine Association for his merits in developing mountain photography
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| 1993 |
Book Aus den Bergen: Photographien in Schwarzweiss appears. Received the Prix Mondial de l'Image de Montagne
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| 1998 |
Full member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie
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| 2000 |
Book Das andere Bild der Berge
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