The Big Ponder
The Big Ponder
Goethe-Institut
Seeing in the Dark – Volkmar Wentzel’s Photography
12 minutes Posted Jul 24, 2019 at 10:00 am.
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In this episode, producer Katie Davis profiles German-American photographer Volkmar Wentzel who was born in Dresden, Germany in 1915 before moving to the US with his family in 1926. He grew up in Upstate New York, shortly after relocating to Washington, DC. In DC, he was hired by National Geographic and became one of their legendary field men who traveled and photographed the world.