Peter Leibing
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Born | Peter Leibing 1941 |
Died | November 2, 2008 |
Nationality | German |
Occupation | Photographer |
Known for | Photograph of Conrad Schumann jumping over the Berlin Wall |
Peter Leibing (1941 – November 2, 2008) was a German photographer known for his 1961 photographs of escaping East German border guard, Conrad Schumann jumping a barbed wire fence during construction of the Berlin Wall.
Leibing was born in Hamburg in 1941.[1] On 15 August 1961 Leibing, working for the Hamburg picture agency , had been tipped by police that an East German border guard might escape the Berlin Wall, then in its third day of construction.[2] At that stage of construction, the Berlin Wall was only a low barbed-wire fence. As people on the Western side shouted Komm rüber! ("come over"), Leibing captured a photograph of Schumann jumping a barbed wire fence and making his escape. The photo became a well-known image of the Cold War and won the Overseas Press Club Best Photograph award for 1961.[3]
Leibing continued to work as a photographer, later as photo editor until retirement, both as a police photographer and reporter for the , the Hamburger Morgenpost, and Hamburger Abendblatt.[1]
Leibing died on November 2, 2008. His widow, Ruth Leibing, holds the rights to his famous photograph of the escaping East German border guard.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Schwarz, Moritz (2001-08-10). "Der Fotograf Peter Leibing über die spektakuläre Flucht des DDR-Grenzers Conrad Schumann und das Foto seines Lebens" (in German). Junge Freiheit. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- ^ Perkes, Dan; Hal Buell; Norm Goldstein (1984). Moments in Time: 50 Years of Associated Press News Photos. The Associated Press. p. 56. ISBN 0-917360-07-9.
- ^ "OPC Awards, 1961 Award Winners". Overseas Press Club. 1961. Archived from the original on 2008-04-06. Retrieved 2007-01-12.
External links[]
- Photographers from Hamburg
- 1941 births
- 2008 deaths