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Name
  
Fritz Polking


Role
  
Photographer

Fritz Polking Fritz amp Gisela Plking Nature Photography

Died
  
July 16, 2007, Greven, Germany

Books
  
Penguins, Fritz Polking\'s Image Collection.: Ein Photokatalog.

Awards
  
World Press Photo Award for Nature

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Fritz Pölking (* 30 January 1936 in Krefeld; died 16 July 2007 in Greven) was a German nature photographer, author and book publisher.

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Biography

Fritz Pölking was a certified German Master of Photography ("Fotografenmeister") who started publishing books and journals on nature.

Fritz Pölking Fritz Plking Preis 2008

His magazine "Tier- und Naturfotografie“ ("Photography of Animals and Nature") was the predecessor of "NaturFoto“ which is nowadays published by the Tecklenborg Verlag.

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Fritz Pölking was also one of the founders of the "Gesellschaft Deutscher Tierfotografen e. V." (German Society of Nature Photographers)

Fritz Pölking Fritz Polking Alchetron The Free Social Encyclopedia

He lived with his wife Gisela (likewise nature photographer) in Greven in Westphalia.

His photographs have been published in journals including National Geographic, Journal of Zoology and Australian Geographic.

Fritz Pölking Fritz Polking Alchetron The Free Social Encyclopedia

In 1977 he won the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition was declared Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

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When a cardiac arrest caused his death in 2007 he left a body of work of 30 books including the German/English work Am Puls des Lebens/At the pulse of life (ISBN 3-88949-201-0).

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In 2008 the GDT and the publishing house Tecklenborg launched the Fritz Pölking Award and the Fritz Pölking Junior Award.

Fritz Pölking Gesellschaft Deutscher Tierfotografen eV

Fritz Pölking Gesellschaft Deutscher Tierfotografen eV

References

Fritz Pölking Wikipedia


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