It is uncertain whether a larger part of the work of the sports photographer and photojournalist will ever be shown anywhere at any time.In the past, there have been several exhibitions at which a significant section of his sports photography was shown. It is the photos of the Olympic Games that are considered the highlights of his sports photography.
In 1951, the first international “Photo and Cinema Exhibition” (PHOTOKINA) opened and Heinrich von der Becke was there. It was also his first exhibition on an international stage. Over the years, further exhibitions followed at home and abroad. The most important ones are compiled here.
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2024 / 2025
Permanent exhibitions in the Grünau Water Sports Museum and at the Maifeldtribüne in the Olympic Park.
There will still be a lot of water flowing down the Spree (as of 2022 - relaunch of the new website) until the announced permanent exhibitions with photos by Heinrich von der Becke can be viewed. Nevertheless, we would like to point this out at this point. When the time comes, you will find more details on this website or, if you wish, you can also contact the Berlin Sports Museum.
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8. Nov 2008 bis 29. Mar 2009
"Picasso of the Camera" in the atrium of the former House of Sports
Exhibition of the German Sports Museum Berlin
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04. bis 30. Sep 2007
"The Great Small Print" in the Halle/Westphalia City Hall.
Exhibition on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of his death with particularly beautiful photos and selected photos of the Olympic Games from 1936 to 1972. (Photo: Mayor Anne Rodenbrock-Wesselmann welcomed Lutz von der Becke (left), who organised the exhibition together with Thomas Willaschek (right) from the Berlin Sports Museum, to the opening.
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Oct 1988
History of the German Sailing Association
Photos by Heinrich von der Becke were part of an exhibition in the rooms of the Bank für Handel und Industrie, BHI Berlin
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Mar 1988
Heinrich von der Becke" at the House of Sports, Berlin
His best photographs from 50 professional years. Photos from all areas of sport and from 15 Olympic Games. The Landessportbund Berlin made its rooms available for this exhibition. The laudator was Alexander Kulpok, the then SFB presenter of the "Berliner Abendschau" and later President of the Berlin Journalists' Association.
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Jul to Sep 1984
Photos from 12 Olympic Games
At the start of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles at the Bosch Kitchen Studio, Berlin. Photojournalist Heinrich von der Becke shows selected photos of the Summer Olympic Games 1936 to 1976.
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5. Jun to 31. Jul 1972
Olympic Games from Berlin to Munich
Exhibition at the Landesbildstelle Berlin
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14. to 23. May 1972
Olympic Games from Berlin to Munich
Exhibition of the City of Frechen
In the Olympic year 1972, Heinrich von der Becke's cross-section of 12 Olympic Games, captured on camera, seemed an excellent way to recall the unforgettable (but also the long-forgotten!). The photographer's empathy - coupled with his fantastically confident mastery of technique - shows us legendary figures of sport in the picture once again in their dogged struggle for points, metres and seconds.Schmitz, Mayor | Filz, City Director -
Apr 1972
Olympic Games from Berlin to Munich
Exhibition at the Landesbildstelle Hamburg
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17. Mar to 08. Apr 1969
WORLD PRESS PHOTO 1968/1969
Annual competition for the press photos of the year and competition for the photojournalist of the year. Heinrich von der Becke was represented with the photo "Siamese twins on a tandem".
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27. Sep to 05. Oct 1958
PHOTOKINA - International Photography and Cinema Exhibition
In thanks and recognition for photographic achievement, exhibited at PHOTOKINA, Cologne 1958
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29. Sep to 07. Oct 1956
PHOTOKINA - International Photography and Cinema Exhibition
In thanks and recognition for photographic achievement, exhibited at PHOTOKINA, Cologne 1956
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20. to 29. April 1951
1st PHOTOKINA - International Photography and Cinema Exhibition
With the plaque in thanks and recognition for high-quality photographic achievement, exhibited at PHOTOKINA, Cologne 1951. On 20 April 1951, Federal Minister of Economics Ludwig Erhard opened the first international "Photo and Cinema Exhibition" (Photokina) at the Cologne Exhibition Centre with 340 exhibitors.
detailed articles about exhibitions

- 11. November 2012
The Picasso with the Camera – Memories of the Sports Photographer Heinrich von der Becke
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...

- 8. January 2009
Sportmuseum Berlin – Picasso with the Camera – The Press Photographer Heinrich von der Becke (1913 -1997)
Thomas Willaschek in the Museums Journal It was 1929 when a young man applied for an apprenticeship at the old master of sports photography and co-founder of the Charlottenburg Sports Club, Max Schirner. Four years earlier, a Dresden uncle had given the then twelve-year-old...

- 28. November 2008
Heinrich von der Becke – “The Picasso with the Camera” – Berlin Sports Museum Exhibits Works of the Sports Photographer
Prof. Dr. Detlef Kuhlmann Introduces The Berlin Sports Museum is currently hosting an exhibition documenting and honoring the works of arguably the most important sports photographer of his time: Heinrich von der Becke (1913 to 1997) is considered the “Picasso with a camera.” The...

- 11. November 2008
Exhibition “Heinrich von der Becke” in the Olympic Park Berlin 2008
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...