Barbara Klemm

Place: Münster

Born: 1939

Biography:

Barbara Klemm is a German press photographer. She was born in Münster in 1939 and grew up in Karlsruhe. Her father Fritz Klemm was a painter and a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe. She learned photography in a local portrait studio and started working for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) in 1959. She worked for the FAZ for 45 years and photographed many of the most important events in recent German history. She has received honors, including Fellowship of the Academy of Arts, Berlin and the Pour le Mérite. She was inducted into the Leica Hall of Fame in recognition of her status as 'a driving force in reportage photography' and as 'an exemplary photographer'. She is known for her black-and-white analog (film) photography, typically single photographs rather than series.