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HAMBURGER MORGENPOST

»In this book of photographs, Joerg Otto Meier portrays port people. There’s Hans-Juergen Mohr who ties up the boats, draftsman Rudi Otto, but also Blohm + Voss Chairman of the Board Dr. Eckhard Rohkamm. They all talk about their lives in their own words. This is a book made for browsing, reading, surprises.«

FOTO MAGAZIN

»A homage to the port of Hamburg. Meier combines quiet, sober portraits with his impressions of the port, and manages to avoid social clichés at all times.«

KIELER NACHRICHTEN

»There must be enough books about ports to fill a small library. This one, however, is special, as here the port more or less portrays itself ... Joerg Otto Meier has succeeded in producing something very rare with this book of photos and texts: he demonstrates respect for people’s lives and fates without much fuss, but most impressively just the same.«

OSTSEE - ZEITUNG

»This book is one of the best which has ever been published about Germany’s largest port.«

DIE WELT

»These stories are down-to-earth, brim full of the experience of life and exciting tales of the daily routine. Above all, you’ll find a lot to laugh about in a world which usually remains closed to the people of Hamburg.«

RHEINISCHER MERKUR

»As far as life-styles which are not planned and regulated to a T go, Meier’s excellently printed book gives landlubbers too plenty to think about.«

BUCH JOURNAL

»Joerg Otto Meier and his publishers have succeeded in producing a small masterpiece on the life and the people of the port of Hamburg.«

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