Siegfried Hansen

The German street photographer Siegfried Hansen, who was born 1961 in Meldorf (near Hamburg), started his photographic career with travel and landscape photography. After studying the works of famous documentary photographers such as Andre Kertesz, Ernst Haas and Ray K. Metzker, he discovered in 2002 his passion for street photography. Since then the camera has become Siegfried’s “third eye” with him wherever he goes. He takes pictures intuitively with an ability to anticipate peculiar situations and to transform them quickly into multi-facetted pictures even before looking through the viewfinder. “First shoot and then think …” is one of his credos. His distinctive style has earned him recognition both nationally and internationally. He is one of the photographers featured in the book “Street Photography Now”. Siegfried’s work has been widely exhibited, including solo exhibitions and group exhibitions in Europe, USA and Asia. Siegfried has been a speaker and a juror at many photo festivals around the world. His internationally acclaimed photo book “Hold the line” published by Kettler Verlag sold out and won several awards. 2020 he published his second book - The flow of the lines -eyeshot publisher.