Thomas Hoepker

**Thomas Hoepker** (10 Yuni 1936 - 10 Yuli 2024) ɗan Jamus ne mai daukar hoto kuma memba na Hotunan Magnum. An san shi da fasalin hoto mai salo, yana aiki daga 1960s don Stern da Geo akan ayyuka a duniya a matsayin ɗan jarida mai ɗaukar hoto tare da sha'awar ɗaukar yanayin ɗan adam. Ya yi faifan hotuna biyu na ɗan dambe Muhammad Ali, da kuma wani hoto mai cike da cece-kuce na mutanen da aka lalata Cibiyar Ciniki ta Duniya ta 9/11 a bango, View daga Williamsburg, Brooklyn, a Manhattan, 9/11.

## Rayuwa da aiki
An haifi Hoepker a Munich a ranar 10 ga Yuni 1936,dan jarida Wolfgang Höpker da Sigrid von Klösterlein.Iyalin sun ƙaura zuwa Albertaich bayan an jefa bam a gidansu da ke Mandlstraße a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu.
Ya fara ɗaukar hotuna lokacin da ya karɓi tsohuwar kyamarar farantin gilashi 9 × 12 daga kakansa don bikin cikarsa shekaru 14.Ya ɓullo da bugu a ɗakin dafa abinci da banɗaki na iyalinsa, kuma ya fara samun kuɗi kaɗan ta hanyar sayar da hotuna ga abokai da abokan karatunsa.Hoepker ya yi nazarin tarihin fasaha da ilimin kimiya na kayan tarihi daga 1956 zuwa 1959 a LMU Muenchen da Göttingen inda ya koyi game da fahimtar hotuna da abun ciki.A lokacin karatunsa ya ci gaba da daukar hoto da sayar da hotuna don taimakawa wajen ba da kuɗin karatunsa. Ya bar jami'a ba tare da kammala karatunsa ba.
### Mai daukar hoto
Haɓaka sha'awar daukar hoto, Hoepker ya sami kyautuka biyu a cikin 'Young Photographer' a bikin baje kolin Photokina a Cologne.Daga 1959 zuwa 1963 ya yi aiki a matsayin mai daukar hoto na Münchner Illustrierte da Kristall, yana ba da rahoto daga ko'ina cikin duniya.Don Kristall, ya fara tafiya ta farko ta hanya ta tsallakawa Amurka a cikin 1963 na tsawon watanni uku.Ya yi aiki a kan ayyuka a duk faɗin duniya tare da sha'awar ɗaukar yanayin ɗan adam.A 1964 ya fara aiki a matsayin mai daukar hoto na Stern.Ya yi jerin hotunan dan damben nan Muhammad Ali a shekarar 1966, kafin yakin da Ali ya yi da Brian London a wurin nunin nunin kotun Earl, daga baya kuma ya dauki hotonsa a Chicago, inda ya zabi hotuna guda biyu da ya buga wadanda suka zama abin koyi.Ya bayyana daga baya: "... Yana da karce, ba a bayyana shi gaba ɗaya. A zahiri hoto ne da ba za ku taɓa ɗauka ba.A zahiri hoto ne da ba za ku taɓa ɗauka ba. Za ku jefar da shi, amma na ga su biyun tare - jarumi ne mai ban sha'awa, da kuma mutumin da ke da dusar ƙanƙara, don haka na buga wannan ma.Wadannan hotuna guda biyu guda biyu ne. Ka ga daukaka da wahala, an danne, bakar fata. Bambanci sosai."
A cikin 1967, Hoepker ya yi tafiya zuwa Bihar, Indiya, yana ba da rahoto game da yunwa, ambaliya da kuma cutar sankara a can.A cikin 1973, fina-finansa guda biyu kan yunwa a Habasha, tare da daukar hotonsa, sun haifar da wani gagarumin aikin agaji a Jamus.
Ya rayu kuma ya yi aiki tare da matarsa ta biyu, 'yar jarida Eva Windmöller, a Gabashin Berlin daga 1974.A cikin 1970s ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin mai daukar hoto na gidan talabijin na Jamus, yana yin fina-finai na gaskiya.A cikin 1976 shi da matarsa sun ƙaura zuwa birnin New York a matsayin wakilin Stern.Daga 1978 zuwa 1981 ya kasance darektan daukar hoto na American Geo.Daga 1987 zuwa 1989 Hoepker ya kasance a Hamburg, yana aiki a matsayin darektan fasaha na Stern.
A cikin 2001, Hoepker ya ɗauki hoton mutane a Brooklyn tare da lalata Cibiyar Ciniki ta Duniya ta 9/11 a bango, Duba daga Williamsburg, Brooklyn, akan Manhattan, 9/11.Bai buga shi ba a lokacin amma a cikin 2006 ya amince da buga shi a cikin wani littafi game da daukar hoto na taron.Hoton ya tabbatar da har yanzu rigima.Frank Rich ya rubuta a cikin The New York Times cewa: "Hoton Mr. Hoepker yana da mahimmanci kuma yana da mahimmanci - hoto na tarihi nan ba da jimawa ba."
## Rayuwa ta sirri
Hoepker ya yi aure sau uku - ga Vilma Treue, Eva Windmöller, da Christine Kruchen - kuma sun sake aure sau biyu. Ya haifi ɗa da matarsa ta fari.
Ya zama dan kasar Amurka a watan Yulin 2009, yayin da yake rike da zama dan kasar Jamus.
Hoepker ya zauna a birnin New York tare da matarsa ta uku,tare da wanda ya shirya shirye-shiryen talabijin.2017, an gano shi da cutar Alzheimer.Bayan haka ma'auratan sun yi balaguron balaguron da ya yi inda suka tuno da farkonsa shekaru goma da suka gabata;An rubuta tafiyar a cikin wani fim mai suna Dear Memories, wanda aka fitar a cikin 2022.
Hoepker ya mutu daga rikice-rikice na Alzheimer a Santiago, Chile, a ranar 10 ga Yuli 2024, yana da shekaru 88.
 Shugabar Magnum, Cristina de Middel, ta rubuta: Mai hangen nesa na gaskiya, gudunmawar Thomas ta zarce hotunansa na ban mamaki, wasa, masu ratsa jiki.A matsayinsa na Shugaban Hotunan Magnum daga 2003 zuwa 2006, ya jagoranci tare da sadaukar da kai da himma don ciyar da masu daukar hoto na gaba da kuma tabbatar da makomar hukumar a matsayin abin da ya dace.Abin da ya gada a cikin al'ummar Magnum na ɗaya ne na zaburarwa, nasiha, da kuma neman ƙwazo a haɗe da kyautatawa da karimci.Aikin Thomas Hoepker zai ci gaba da karfafawa da ilmantarwa, yana tunatar da mu ikon daukar hoto don tsara fahimtarmu game da duniya.

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