La Revista del Mundial / The World Cup Magazine erman d<strong>en</strong>tist wolfgang Sternberger, 1, is now a days one of the busiest photographers in hockey. He is also well known for his natural fri<strong>en</strong>dliness. Married to Ingrid, they live in Duisburg, germany, and have a son and a daughter, and four grandchildr<strong>en</strong>. Sternberger has a Doctorate in D<strong>en</strong>tistry, and retired from practice in 2000. Since th<strong>en</strong>, wolfgang has travelled the world with his picture coverage of field hockey. His works can be se<strong>en</strong> on a good number of media, including the FIH’s website. An interview with HoCkey TIMe. HT: How many hockey games have you approximately be<strong>en</strong> to as a photographer? WS: I have att<strong>en</strong>ded approximately 2000 hockey matches as a photographer since 1984. First, it was only few shots at my home club and in the neighbourhood. In 1985 I made my first international match. But I am a full time photographer in life. With family pictures, first of all, and I do athletics’ photography from time to time as well. Is it only international hockey, or also at club level? It is most frequ<strong>en</strong>tly at club level. Last Easter, for example, I followed as a photographer the German Club Rot-Weiss, of Cologne, at the Europe Wom<strong>en</strong>’s Cup Winners Cup in Manchester, England. Beggining of June, I will be at D<strong>en</strong> Bosch, Netherlands, for Eurohockey Club Champions, along with the Berliner <strong>Hockey</strong> Club. What other profession do you have, have you ever played hockey? D<strong>en</strong>tistry was my only profession. I have never played hockey. But I was into Athletics in my youth. What do you most value of wom<strong>en</strong>’s hockey, compared to m<strong>en</strong>’s? Especially at club level, I appreciate the way of playing hockey with elegance and not so much aggressiv<strong>en</strong>ess in wom<strong>en</strong>’s hockey; and that wom<strong>en</strong> can socialize better during competitions (matches or tournam<strong>en</strong>ts). What mom<strong>en</strong>ts in wom<strong>en</strong>’s hockey do you remember as most impressive? My most impressive sports mom<strong>en</strong>ts in wom<strong>en</strong>’s hockey were: ... the German wom<strong>en</strong>’s team winning gold in the «LAS LEONAS SON LAS MEJORES AMIGAS DE MI CÁMARA» «LEONAS ARE THE BEST FRIENDS OF MY CAMERA» Olympic Games of Ath<strong>en</strong>s, in 2004; the win of the gold medal by Leonas in the 2002 World Cup in Perth; and the Champions Trophy in Macau 2002, which was played under terrible weather conditions. Are you looking forward to coming to Arg<strong>en</strong>tina in 2010? I was very surprised but pleased to hear from Rosario as v<strong>en</strong>ue for the World Cup after Bu<strong>en</strong>os Aires’ cancellation. The 2004 Champions Trophy down there was truly great. My wife and I -she comes with me to all ev<strong>en</strong>ts- are looking forward to coming back to Rosario and perhaps travel around the country as well. Who knows?, that might be our 2010 holiday trip! I have good memories of Arg<strong>en</strong>tina, especially because of the winning way of the Arg<strong>en</strong>tinian people, and the language, which I <strong>en</strong>joy a lot ev<strong>en</strong> though I can barely use it. Being a German, a country with a long tradition in photography technology, what is the best equipm<strong>en</strong>t to work with in hockey coverage? Like in the <strong>en</strong>tire sc<strong>en</strong>ario of action sports, the Japanese camera production is top-ranking since many years because of continuous innovations and, therefore, high number of pieces at acceptable prices. > 19 «He estado <strong>en</strong> esto por muchos años, por lo que con mi esposa hemos visto gran parte del mundo y muchas jugadoras excel<strong>en</strong>tes y bonitas, especialm<strong>en</strong>te las arg<strong>en</strong>tinas. Las Leonas pert<strong>en</strong>ec<strong>en</strong> a un tipo de mujer muy especial, que juegan un hockey refinado y efectivo, ¡y además son las mejores amigas de mi cámara!.» «I have be<strong>en</strong> into this a very long time away, and have se<strong>en</strong> with my wife a lot of the World, and around us time after time so outstanding and pretty hockeyplayers, especially the Arg<strong>en</strong>tinians, and I mean it. The Leonas, they are a special sort of wom<strong>en</strong> who play such an elegant and successful hockey, and they are the best fri<strong>en</strong>ds of my camera!.» Espectacular toma de la neocelandesa jaimee Provan. Spectacular take of NZ’S jaimee Provan.
20 HOCKEY EN ACCIÓN: LA PRODUCCIÓN FOTOGRÁFICA DE WOLFGANG STERNBERGER THE WORLD OF HOCKEY: WOLFGANG STERNBERGER’S ACTION SHOTS
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