Prof. Jochen Blume (*28 February 1925 - † 4 April 2018)
Blume worked as a press photographer since 1948. He began his career at the German Press Agency (dpa), then moved to Axel Springer Publishing, where he worked for Bild newspaper and Kristall magazine, among others. He later joined Stern magazine and then became self-employed.
In 1973, he was appointed Professor of Photography at the Hamburg Academy of Art and Design. For decades, he also taught at the Academy of Journalism.
Blume has written several photography and autobiographical books. In a pre-digital world, he was considered one of the best of his generation of photojournalists, whose images moved and changed the world.