Werner Bartsch

Werner Bartsch studied communication design with a focus on photography. After staying in New York and Berlin for quite a while he settled down in Hamburg. He works for magazines, companies und agencies. He enjoys working with people and loves to portray personalities from politics, business, and the art world. His clear photographic style can be found assigned work, magazines and the weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT. For over a decade he covered the life and work of ZEIT co-publisher and former chancellor Helmut Schmidt. In addition to his assignments he works on independent photographic projects which can be found in an own section on this website. The Kehrer Verlag published two art books by Werner which combine his passion for photography with his interest in aviation: Desert Birds and Airtropolis