Erdmann Wingert

Author / Hamburg
Environment Literature

Life

was editor at Stern and Time, went for Merian and Geo on travels, shot a few films for Art, wrote books about dementia, was a founding member and lecturer at the Reutlingen School of Reportage, and has been with the Zeitenspiegel agency for 35 years.  

Books

  • Burning Point: Trash (Gruner + Jahr) Stern-Book, 1992)
  • Friesland (Ellert & Richter Verlag, 1992)
  • Turkey
  • Robin Wood - and the forests die before us (Rowohlt Verlag, 1984)

Movie

  • Visit to Uncle Theo (unreleased, 45’)
  • The Beggar of ParisNDR/Art, 60 minutes)
  • Las Vegas – Dream and NightmareNDR, Countries, People, Adventures (45’)
  • Qatar – A New Dawn on the Persian GulfArt, 60 minutes)
  • Dream Journey into Eternal IceNDR, „mare-TV“, 45’

Projects

  • This practice treats people who do not have health insurance

    Author Erdmann Wingert
    Published on „Spiegel.de“ on September 22, 2025

    How can it be that so many people in Germany are uninsured? So many patients are now coming to Peter Ostendorf's facility in Hamburg that more than 50 doctors from ten specialties work there.

    Published on Spiegel.de.

     

  • Don't stand out, keep your distance

    Author Erdmann Wingert, Photographer Alina Simmelbauer
    Published in „Spiegel Wissen“ No. 2/2024

    She wasn't allowed to have a friend or invite a child to her birthday. Because no one was supposed to find out that Petita Robles* was living in Germany without a residence permit and attending school here. A life in fear.

    For Publication »

  • Heaven full of violins

    Published in „Chrismon“ 10/2016

    Erdmann Wingert, Photos: Christoph Püschner

    For forty years, the Karlsruhe Senior Orchestra has celebrated the art of creative aging.

    For Publication »

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