Herbert Piel, renowned reportage photographer, joins the elite group of ILFORD Masters

Herbert Piel, renowned reportage photographer, joins the elite group of ILFORD Masters. The ILFORD Masters are eminent photographers from around the world, that use ILFORD GALERIE to present their work. Herbert Piel is the twenty-eighth ILFORD Master and joins Manuel Thome as one of the two Germans represented (Detail information ILFORD Masters: http://ilford.com/community/ilford-masters).

“The ILFORD Masters is a very prestigious group of photographers that lead the way in their particular genre of photography. To stand shoulder to shoulder with photographers like Sebastião Salgado, one of the great photo icons, is very nice. I am very pleased about it. It is an honour to be accepted and I am committed to delivering the highest quality photography over the coming years".

His recipe for his expressive portrait and reportage photography seems very simply: “I need a lot of information as well as passion. It is important for me to build up a picture of the person that forms the subject of the photograph. For example, where they come from, what kind of human being they are, whether they have a pet, what are their family circumstances etc. As a result my photographs show the personality of the person and without this it would only be a reproduction of their DNA,“ says Herbert Piel (German TV interview: http://www.swr.de/landesschau-rp/couchgespraech/herbert-piel-grosse-ehre-fuer-fotografen-aus-boppard/-/id=5661010/did=18774074/nid=5661010/1hvtob8/index.html).

For his reportage on his trip to the Silk Road in China, ILFORD handed him the world´s first ILFORD GALERIE Fine Art Album with black and white prints on the museum paper ILFORD GALERIE Gold Fibre Gloss. Only two copies of this photo book exist worldwide, the first one produced exclusively for Herbert. In March of this year he will travel to the Silk Road once more (http://herbert-piel.de/news-2/pel-goes-china).

His work featuring the “Arrival of Refugees in Rhineland-Palatinate“ is being shown from April 9th to June 18th at an exhibition in the state museum in Koblenz. (http://landesmuseum-koblenz.de/index. php?id=43971&Fsize=4; German TV video: https://vimeo.com/150916006).

Over the next two years, Herbert will be working on his new project: “Unesco world heritage Middle Rhine“.

About Herbert Piel
Herbert Piel is considered a “hunter and collector“ and is referred to as a “memory of the German republic“. Since 1975, Herbert has been treading the fine line between areas of crisis and those of tense political activity.

With his special instinct for understanding situations and focussing on the key details, Herbert transforms emotions into information. His photographs are characterized by their particular formal clarity and are exemplary, displaying the highest quality in photojournalism. Many of his photographs are now icons of German press photography. Herbert has worked worldwide for international picture agencies such as Reuters, the Associated Press and the German Press Agency as well as being commissioned by Stern, Bunte and Spiegel. He has worked on photographic reportage from Ethiopia, Somalia, Kosovo and the Kurdish region of eastern Turkey as well as Iran. Herbert’s work has been exhibited throughout the world (http:// herbert-piel.de/home/zurperson).

Herbert H. Piel was born on March 19th 1957 in Neuss/Rhine river. He lives on the Rhine heights of the Middle Rhine since 1997. First printed photo release in 1975, also since 1975 he works with ILFORD Material, film and paper.

About ILFORD
Established in 1879, ILFORD is one of the oldest photographic brands in the industry. With a history that spans over 135 years, ILFORD has been synonymous with professional quality from traditional analogue film and paper to providing inkjet paper for today’s photo quality printers.

The ILFORD brand is now owned as a joint venture between Chugai Photo Chemicals and CR Kennedy & Company. Both companies are extremely passionate about carrying the brand ethos forward and continuing to offer photographers the best photo quality inkjet products in the market.

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ILFORD Master Herbert Piel (@Herbert Piel)

About ILFORD
Established in 1879, ILFORD is one of the oldest photographic brands in the industry. With a history that spans over 135 years, ILFORD has been synonymous with professional quality from traditional analogue film and paper to providing inkjet paper for today’s photo quality printers.

The ILFORD brand is now owned as a joint venture between Chugai Photo Chemicals and CR Kennedy & Company. Both companies are extremely passionate about carrying the brand ethos forward and continuing to offer photographers the best photo quality inkjet products in the market.

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