Thomas hoepker was born in 1936 in Germany. Hoepker studied art history and archaeology in Munich – Germany until 1959.In 1960 he worked as a photographer for Münchner Illustrierte and Kristall up until 1963, his role was reporting from all over the world. In 1964 he joined stern magazine as a photo – reporter and it wasn’t long until they started distributing his photographs. in 1964 Hoepker worked as art director for Stern in Hamburg between 1987 and 1989, when he became a full member of Magnum. Specializing in reportage and stylish color features. He then received the prestigious Kulturpreis of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie in 1968.
Among many other awards for his work, he received one in 1999 from the German Ministry of Foreign Aid for Death in a Cornfield, a TV film on Guatemala. Today Hoepker lives in New York. He shoots and produces TV documentaries together with his second wife Christine Kruchen. He was president of Magnum Photos from 2003 to 2006.
his most famous/controversial picture was the picture taken on september 11th 2001 where the picture still to this day is banned, only by himself though, the reasons for this is because the way the people in the background are the way there sat makes it look 