Making films began In 1970:

I met Angelik Riemer
a painter
in the summer of 1970
at Berlin's cosy little
LAKE HALENSEE .

I fell in love with her
immediately.
and shared life since then.

When we visited my then best friend
Peter K. in Denmark, I asked her to come along
and Angelik had a
 » EUMIG super8 camera
- small and easy to use -
in her luggage.

I shot my
first Super8 film
during that trip and I went crazy
for that media!

In summer of
 » 1971
when Peter B. (aka PMB)
was about to marry Christiane
he asked me
to do some Super8 rolls on his wedding.
what I loved to do with that
 » BAUER C3A Super8 cam
his daddy had bought him.

I borrowed that cam as often as possible
to do some adventurous and delicate films
starring Angelik.

Eventually, in
 » 1973
I was able to buy my own
 » BEAULIEU 4008s
(Schneider Kreuznach 1,8/8-40mm lens).

- that's when a
Super8 surge
swepped over  »FABRIKNEU
where Angelik and I lived and worked now
after her return from London's
 »Slade School of Fine Arts...

... and in April  » 1976 the marvellous
 » BEAULIEU 5008 s
(Angenieux 1,8/6-66mm lens)
brought live sound to the films.

Well, to round things up,
in the late 70s
Fuji started to produce lovely
lightweight and handy
Single8 sound film cameras:
easy to carry
easy to use
more fun!

Eventually, we shot all "quickies"
with that fine all time ready
 »P300
until the early 80s.

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