Rena Owen — Portrait of Rena Owen standing outdoors beside a large red Māori figure in Paihia, New Zealand.

Rena Owen, New Zealand, Bay of Islands, Pahia, Actor, writer, director, producer, best known for her leading role as Beth Heke in Lee Tamahori's Once Were Warriors

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Pia Frankenberg — Portrait of Pia Frankenberg standing outdoors beside a bicycle.

Pia Frankenberg, German-American film director and author, Hamburg, Germany.

Martin Semmelrogge — Close portrait of actor Martin Semmelrogge looking directly at the camera.

Martin Semmelrogge, actor, Hamburg, Germany. Best known for his role as the Second Watch Officer in Wolfgang Petersen’s Das Boot.

Helmut Schulte — Portrait of Helmut Schulte wearing a FC St. Pauli scarf.

Helmut Schulte, football coach and sports manager, St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany.

Joseph Beuys — Black-and-white portrait of Joseph Beuys wearing his characteristic felt hat.

Joseph Beuys, German artist, teacher, performance artist and art theorist.

Dieter Klemme — Portrait of perfumer Dieter Klemme smelling a fragrance sample.

Dieter Klemme, perfumer at H&R, Holzminden, Germany.

Avis and Matthew Northcroft — Portrait of Avis and Matthew Northcroft standing together outdoors in Waitahanui, New Zealand.

Avis and Matthew Northcroft, Tūwharetoa, Waitahanui, New Zealand.

Willy Brandt — Close portrait of Willy Brandt looking towards the camera.

Willy Brandt, German politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, 1971.

Petra Kelly — Black-and-white portrait of Petra Kelly looking directly at the camera.

Petra Kelly, German Green politician, ecofeminist activist and founding member of the German Green Party.

Ellen Brandt — Environmental portrait of Ellen Brandt in St. Pauli, Hamburg.

Ellen Brandt, S&M sex worker, St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany.

Harry Rosenberg — Portrait of Harry Rosenberg surrounded by objects from Harry’s Hafenbazar in Hamburg.

Harry Rosenberg, owner of Harry’s Hafenbazar, St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany.

Willi Bartels — Environmental portrait of St. Pauli real estate owner Willi Bartels.

Willi Bartels, real estate owner, St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany.

Heinz Hoenig — Portrait of actor Heinz Hoenig in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Heinz Hoenig, German actor, Lucerne, Switzerland.

The Schmidt Family — Group portrait of Ernie Reinhardt, Sture Salomon and Corny Littmann in St. Pauli, Hamburg.

The Schmidt Family — Ernie Reinhardt, Sture Salomon and Corny Littmann, theatre and cabaret owners, St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany.

Christovao Pereira Da Silva — Environmental portrait of sex artist Christovao Pereira Da Silva in St. Pauli, Hamburg.

Christovao Pereira Da Silva, sex artist, St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany.

Erwin Ross — Portrait of sign painter Erwin Ross in his working environment in St. Pauli, Hamburg.

Erwin Ross, sign painter, St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany.

Günther Zint — Portrait of photographer Günther Zint in St. Pauli, Hamburg.

Günther Zint, photographer and chronicler of St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany.

Antoon van Hooff — Environmental portrait of Antoon van Hooff at Burgers’ Zoo in Arnhem, Netherlands.

Antoon van Hooff, director of Burgers’ Zoo, Arnhem, Netherlands.

Anne Rehling — Portrait of farmer and shepherd Anne Rehling outdoors in Soltau, Germany.

Anne Rehling, farmer and shepherd, Soltau, Germany.

Walter Kempowski — Portrait of writer Walter Kempowski surrounded by books in his home in Rotenburg an der Wümme.

Walter Kempowski, German writer, Rotenburg an der Wümme, Germany.

Astrid Kirchherr — Portrait of photographer and artist Astrid Kirchherr seated at a table in Hamburg.

Astrid Kirchherr, German photographer and artist, Hamburg, Germany. She took the first professional photographs of the Beatles in November 1960.

Gisborne, Gladstone Road with models of the Endeavour on the streetlights.

Captain James Cook

Portraits by Gebhard Krewitt of artists, actors, writers and other personalities, photographed in Germany, New Zealand and elsewhere.

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