The Picasso with the Camera – Memories of the Sports Photographer Heinrich von der Becke

Two runners side by side shortly after the failed baton handover. The fallen baton is clearly visible in the lower right corner of the picture.
Cover photo: Outcry of the 100,000. At the last changeover, the leading 4x100-metre women's relay team loses the baton at the Olympic Games on 9 August 1936 and is eliminated. | Heinrich von der Becke Picture Archive in the Berlin Sports Museum (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)

An exhibition at the Olympiapark Berlin. By Manfred Nippe. With a small exhibition in the atrium of the former “House of German Sport” on the grounds of the Berlin Olympic Park, the Berlin Sports Museum commemorates the work of the sports photographer Heinrich von der Becke, who died in 1997. The “photographer with the cap” […]

Exhibition “Heinrich von der Becke” in the Olympic Park Berlin 2008

Aerial view Large round stadium with open roof occupied by people
Cover photo: The Olympic Stadium | Heinrich von der Becke Picture Archive in the Berlin Sports Museum (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)

Opening speech on November 8, 2008 in the atrium of the former “House of German Sports Dear ladies and gentlemen, dear Mr. von der Becke, dear Martina, dear Gerd, I see many old familiar photos with which I grew up in 50 years of sports administration and honorary office and which remind me of Heinrich […]