The following websites are recommended on the subject of sports press photography and Heinrich von der Becke:

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Heinrich von der Becke on Wikipedia

Heinrich von der Becke (* 20 March 1913 in Dresden; † 25 June 1997 in Berlin) was a German sports photographer. His pictures of Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympic Games are known worldwide. During his lifetime, Heinrich von der Becke created about 65,000 black-and-white prints, 1.2 million negatives, about 2000 colour films with an accompanying card index and extensive film legends. One of his most famous trademarks is his slider cap. (Source: Wikipedia) Read more...

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Max Schirner (1891-1952)

Max Schirner was Heinrich von der Becke's apprentice trainer. He learned the photographer's trade in his company Read more...

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STADTMUSEUM BERLIN - Reconstruction, Post-War Period and Today

Pictures by Heinrich von der Becke in an article by the Stadtmuseum Berlin on the subject of 100 years of the AVUS. Read more...

Grafik: schwarze Schriftzüge SPORTMUSEUM und SPORTMETROPOLE untereinander schwarz umrahmt. Darunter schwarz umrahmter Schriftzug BERLIN in rot und rechts daneben Silhouette eines stehenden Bären. Alle Rahmen miteinander verbunden.

Berlin Sports Museum

The Berlin Sports Museum, with its two locations in Westend (Olympiapark) and in Grünau (Wassersportmuseum), has the most extensive and diverse sports collection in Germany. Read more...

Grafik: an den Ecken abgerundetes schwarzes Viereck, bei dem an der oberen rechten Ecke ein schwarzer Pfeil austritt.

Report from fotoerbe.de on the Berlin Sports Museum

Reference to the Heinrich von der Becke picture archive in the Berlin Sports Museum. Read more...