In focus
Get to know the remarkable photographers who continue to inspire our community with their pictures and stories.
BUILT TO CREATE
Patrick Lipke
Photografer Phototrainer
Patrick decided to dedicate his life to photography at the age of 14. He has been working as a freelance photographer since the age of 19 and has gained valuable life experience along the way. He particularly enjoys working with people, as it always offers new discoveries and impressions. Over the last 15 years, he has managed to stay true to his passion and make a living from it at the same time.
For Patrick, Voigtländer is the logical consequence – an element that unites all aspects of his work: fixed focal lengths, manufacturer independence and the essentials, namely the fun of photography. Voigtländer enables deceleration through reduction. Moreover, every lens is as individual as the people themselves.
Vivienne Bade
Photographer / Content Creatorin
Vivienne is a true Hamburg native and has been taking photographs for almost 5 years. Back then, she bought a camera just for fun and now specializes in portraits, brands and events.
Her pictures are characterized by a warm, natural look, which is particularly evident in outdoor shoots. The focus here is also on capturing emotions and a lot of movement.
“The best images are always created in motion, as it doesn’t look so rigid and placed.”
With her open manner, she creates a feel-good atmosphere during the shootings, which is not only noticeable in front of the camera, but also in the finished pictures. Vivienne shoots with Voigtländer either on her Sony A7IV, or on the Fujifilm X-T5.
www.viviennebade.de
Instagram @viviennebade
Niko Neithardt
Photograph
He has been photographing for over 16 years and has found himself more and more in the areas of reportage, people, fashion and weddings. He enjoys his life in beautiful Heidelberg. His strength lies in portrait-based photos and film, whether in the studio or while traveling. He works a lot with natural light and tries to create a tangible atmosphere and feelings in every shoot.
He fills his time with lots of traveling, creative photo and film projects, new challenges, putting together mood boards, dreams, new personalities and faces… and and and and and
Instagram @niko.neithardt
Vinzenz Barz
Photographer / Content Creator
Spending his childhood in the 90s, Vinzenz noticed his ever-growing love for photography. He began with his first attempts at street photography, continued with numerous weddings and is currently working in the field of lifestyle and portrait photography, mostly using natural light. .. His credo for shoots is: “Be fully interested in the person you’re shooting and listen. Only then should you start taking photos.”
He likes to drift through the streets of foreign cities and is currently writing his first novel. He was born in Berlin in 1989 and has lived there ever since. If you’re looking for good photo spots, you’ve come to the right place.
He really enjoys using the Voigtländer lenses on his Leica M10 – his favorite lens at the moment is the 35mm f/1.2 Nokton III: “With this focal length, I cover everything I want to photograph – it’s a fantastic all-rounder.”
https://vinzenzbarz.myportfolio.com/
Instagram: @vinz.world
Marco Schmidt
Photograph
“Life often forces us down on the floor, but you can decide for yourself whether to stay down or get up again!”
That’s how Marco got into photography. After a heavy blow of fate, the camera helped him to get back on his feet and find his passion. Today, he loves capturing people and their emotions. He is not restricted to a specific area. He simply lets his creativity run free and so, in addition to artists and portraits, he also photographs weddings and freelance projects that simply inspire him. Marco touches people with his unmistakable photos, his style, but above all with his person and his story. Because he captures moments with his camera that tell a story, that are “raw”, that touch. Moments that are not actually visible to the eye. For many, Marco is a role model because he has developed his talent from a very dark time and he believes this gives HOPE
Dennis Weissmantel
Photographer / Content Creator
Starting out as a freelance photographer in 2013 and always interested in people and their stories, Dennis developed into a content creator. As a one-stop solution for sports teams, VIPs and companies who need digital media for their presence on the WWW, Dennis creates photos, videos and branding strategies.
With calm charisma and empathy, he filters out and portrays the real person.
Team Qimago
Photographer and Blogger
Qimago has been present in the vastness of the Internet since 2007 and was born from the idea of creating a photo platform for friends and family. Many releases later and along with personal development and specialization, the blog has existed in this form since the beginning of 2012. Because photography and the exchange with other photographers connects!
They first met online as active participants in forums and now also maintain a friendship offline. The great thing is that they complement each other with their different interests and focuses and together they make Qimago a well-rounded company.
https://www.qimago.de
https://www.youtube.com/@Qimago
Marcus Schwier
Fotograf / Künstler
Marcus Schwier, born 1964 in Düsseldorf. He is a German artist. His main medium is photography. He is one of the internationally renowned representatives of contemporary photography in Germany.
After studying architecture at the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences and graduating with a degree in engineering, Marcus Schwier studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1993 to 1998, specializing in photography under Ernst Kasper. His mentor was Erwin Heerich.
As a photographic artist, Marcus Schwier has been represented in exhibitions in national and international museums and galleries since the mid-1990s, most recently at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (2019), Museum Ratingen (2019), Kunstmuseum Ravensburg (2018), Ludwig Galerie Schloss Oberhausen (2017), Kunsthalle Nürnberg (2016), among others.
He has received numerous international residencies and travel grants, including Cité Internationale des Arts Paris (2004 / 2014), Scotland Arts Trust, Shetland (2005), 2011 New York. 2021 / 22 Schwier was selected for a residency program in collaboration with the National Museum of Contemporary History MNZS Ljubljana in Slovenia, Galeria Labirynt[1] in Lublin, Poland and the National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens EMST[2] in Greece.
From 2000 to 2002 he was a lecturer in photography at the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences in the Department of Architecture. Schwier lives and works in Düsseldorf and on Lake Constance.
Since 1998 Schwier has published almost twenty illustrated books on the various projects. His photographs have been exhibited regularly and have appeared in international newspapers and magazines.