Gerhard Launer

Gerhard Launer ( born January 8, 1949 in Werneck, district of Schweinfurt, Lower Franconia ) is one of the most famous German aerial photographers.

Life

Gerhard Launer was born in 1949 in Werneck. As a child he was given violin lessons and was invited by the world famous soloists and violin teacher Tibor Varga to a three - month stay to Switzerland at the age of 9 years. At 14, he began studying the violin at the Conservatory in Würzburg. As a result of an accident he had his goal to become a musician, give up.

During his studies as a graduate graphic designer, he obtained the private pilot license - later the commercial pilot license; He thus combined his interests photography and flying and made ​​it his profession: Luftbildfotograf.

He is passionate about the characteristics and structures in nature that you can not see from the ground. The result is his " artistic photos " that are published in calendars and books. With its calendars " structures " and " wind, water, waves," he won at the 1996 Frankfurt Book Fair, a 1st and a 2nd prize, awarded by the Association of German Book Trade. 2003 Gerhard Launer was featured in the television broadcast on ProSieben Galileo to explain how aerial photographs are taken. In spring 2004, his first book was published in Knesebeckstraße -Verlag, entitled Germany from above - day after day. Other books followed. In May 2005, Gerhard Launer was in the magazine Stern with his paintings " So beautiful is Germany " presented.

Gerhard Launer WFL GmbH

The Gerhard Launer WFL GmbH in Rottenburg near Würzburg has been active since 1976 in the field of aerial photography ( oblique view ). Owning two aircraft and special aerial cameras ( analog: Linhof Aero Technica, recording format 4 x 5 inches; digital: Hasselblad HD2, resolution 39 million pixels), almost every town, every village, landscapes and attractions in Germany were photographed. Also located in their archive aerial photographs from abroad, particularly from the USA.

A separate digital processing and a laboratory allow images ( both as a reflection copy, as well as large slides ) to produce.

Works

  • Germany from above - every day: Publishing Knesebeckstraße, Munich 2004, Gerhard Launer and Rainer Greubel, with 365 color illustrations, ISBN 978-3-89660-209-1.
  • Bayern from top: publisher Knesebeckstraße, Munich 2005, Gerhard Launer, with 100 color illustrations, ISBN 978-3-89660-260-2.
  • Hesse from above: publisher Knesebeckstraße, Munich 2005, Gerhard Launer, with 100 color illustrations, ISBN 978-3-89660-320-3.
  • Altitude flights - the Rems -Murr-Kreis from above: Silberburg -Verlag, 2005, Gerhard Launer and Teja Banzhaf, 96 pages, ISBN 978-3-87407-674-6.
  • Northern Germany from above: . Publisher Knesebeckstraße, Munich 2006, Gerhard Launer, with 100 color illustrations, ISBN 978-3-89660-353-1
  • Germany from above - for children says: publisher Knesebeckstraße, Munich 2007, Gerhard Launer and Manfred Mai, ISBN 978-3-89660-461-3.
  • Germany. An aerial travel: Ellert & Richter Verlag, Hamburg 2010, Gerhard Launer, with 91 color illustrations, in three languages ​​, ISBN 978-3-8319-0411-2.
  • World Natural Heritage Wadden Sea. An aerial travel: Ellert & Richter Verlag, Hamburg 2010, Gerhard Launer and Holger Schulz, with 69 color illustrations, ISBN 978-3-8319-0413-6.
  • Baden Württemberg. An aerial view Travel (2010) Ellert & Richter Publisher
  • Hesse from the top ( 2011) Ellert & Richter Publisher
  • The unknown Germany (2012 ) Ellert & Richter Publisher
  • Germany's cities. Discoveries from above. Frederking & Thaler, Munich, 2013, ISBN 978-3-89405-996-5.
  • Deutschland / Germany / Allemagne (2013 ) Ellert & Richter Publisher

Calendar

  • Wind, water, waves: Aerography '97, Verlag Dipla, 1997, Gerhard Launer, ISBN 3-932008-75-8.
  • Structures: Aerography '97, Verlag Dipla, 1997, Gerhard Launer, ISBN 3-932008-73-1.
  • Calendar Girls: Scheiner pressure and Gerhard Launer, 2004 charity calendar.
  • Germany from the air: Heye, 2005, ISBN 3-8318-2025-2.
  • The world from above: publisher Palazzi, 2005, ISBN 3-936421-27-7.
  • Germany from above: publisher Knesebeckstraße, 2006.
  • Germany from above: publisher Knesebeckstraße, 2007.
  • Germany from above: publisher Knesebeckstraße, 2008.
  • Bayern from top: publisher Knesebeckstraße, 2006.

Press

  • Photo Technik International: November / December, Nr.6/98.
  • Chip Foto-Video: August 2004.
  • Germany: Nr.4/2004, August / September, D7999F. " Germany " Online - moments
  • Stern.de - Why seek far afield?
  • Stern.de - Germany: Stunning aerial photographs
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