Talk:George Hoyningen-Huene

Tags
Please do not insert frivolous 'citation needed' tags for things like the sun rises in the east unless there's a genuine reason to dispute a claim. This is an encyclopedia, not a time-wasters' forum. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sartoresartus (talk • contribs) 13:42, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 03:31, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Line deleted
I deleted the link to Peter Berlin wiki page, because it does not conform the verifibity rule of Wikipedia see and Benwik 19:34, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Hoyningen-Huene.jpg
Image:Hoyningen-Huene.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot (talk) 23:28, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Death
Since he died in his sixties, what was his cause of death? Thank you, Maikel (talk) 09:44, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

COI, etc
This article is pretty awful. Very little within it was sourced, even before this edit, which added a lot more, with the edit summary The new text contained such stuff as:


 * For example, when Vogues legendary editor-in-chief Dame Anna Wintour DBE choses her favourite Vogue covers, George Hoyningen-Huene’s Divers is one of them.

Readers don't need to be told that she's either "legendary" or a dame. And the added text told the reader that H-H:


 * became friend with the jet-setters of the era; Coco Chanel, Salvador Dali, Lee Miller, Man Ray etc

"Jet-setters" sounds curiously dismissive, making them sound like Kardashians or similar. I can't comment on Chanel, I'm whelmed by Dalí, but Miller and Man Ray produced work of lasting value (and surely would have done so even if "locked down" in Paris). And the added text told us:


 * Hoyningen-Huene was someone with a personal quest in life, in which he was able to bring to fruition an unmatched talent for color, form, light, shadows and lines.

Note the unmatched. That's an opinion, and a remarkably strong one. I want to know which disinterested authority on photography has expressed it -- as a considered opinion, not as boosterism.

I therefore reverted the addition of the new text.

I'd not previously heard of the George Hoyningen-Huene Estate Archives, but the description "the legal and rightful owner of his estate" makes it sound oddly insistent. (Is the ownership being challenged?) I've no reason to think that the organization is disinterested; indeed, quite the reverse. Anyone working for it and contemplating editing this article should read, first, Plain and simple conflict of interest guide, and then Conflict of interest. After that, suggestions on this talk page for edits would be welcome. -- Hoary (talk) 13:21, 28 June 2020 (UTC)


 * I understand the deletion of the previous reference to "The Divers" given the form of which it was written. However, I do think there should be some reference to "The Divers" as it's almost certainly his most famous photograph and one of the most recognized photographs generally. I think it would be a good addition to the article if someone more familiar than myself with writing in wikipedia could add it. 2604:3D09:348A:4700:D46B:181C:3645:44E4 (talk) 16:22, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

Commons files used on this page or its Wikidata item have been nominated for deletion
The following Wikimedia Commons files used on this page or its Wikidata item have been nominated for deletion: Participate in the deletion discussions at the nomination pages linked above. —Community Tech bot (talk) 18:51, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Agneta-fischer-at-the-opera-1931.jpg (discussion)
 * Carole Lombard.jpg (discussion)
 * Greece, Athens.jpg (discussion)
 * Josephine Baker 1929.jpg (discussion)