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Dieter Bublitz's favourite leisure activity
was photography. He worked with extensive 35 mm SLR equipment (Pentax),
a
4.5 x 6 cm medium format camera (Zenza Bronica ETRS) and a small digital camera
as a photographic notebook. |
| His favourite subjects were landscapes on
colour slides. He also preferred to use this material - along with b/w films
and papers - with his pinhole cameras. |
| Pinhole cameras had fascinated him for
many years. Creating pictures that were impossible for "normal" cameras
inspired Dieter to build and use new camera constructions time and again. He
also shared this passion with others via his website
www.die-lochkamera.de. |
| Dieter was born in 1955 in southern
Germany. His military service in the Bundeswehr brought him to Bavaria. He
lived near Ingolstadt where he got married, built a house, fathered a son and -
of course - planted a tree. |
| In his work life he managed the service
division of the Bundeswehr at Ingolstadt. He was in charge of 300 people
dealing with real estate administration, food supply and economic matters of
approx. 4500 soldiers and civilian employees in the Ingolstadt area. |
| We, his friends from de.rec.fotografie,
got to know Dieter in early 1999 at the first meetings of our mailing list.
Even then he was interested in pinhole photography, which he pursued with
homemade cameras. |
| We only learned about his illness in the
course of time. In spite of his health problems, which he never allowed to get
him down, Dieter was the driving force behind our mailing list, organising
meetings and activities. |
| We fondly remember Dieter's invitation to
his home on the occasion of the "Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day 2003" and
the enthusiasm with which he conveyed his love of pinhole photography. |
| Even at our last meeting, a few weeks
before he died, his optimism and his sense of humour were unbroken, so we were
deeply shocked to hear of his death at the beginning of the year. |
| We will miss Dieter who was always
supportive and friendly. He made a deep impression on us with his ability to
stay optimistic during tough times. We will not forget him. |
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