He accompanied John F. Kennedy through Germany: mourning the death of the photographer Ulrich Mack.

Mack's pictures were characterized by his play with perspective. Whether he portrayed Siegfried Lenz in Pellworm or, as a result, realized, his “Inselmensmens’ series for “twen’. He usually had five Leicas hanging around his neck and shoulders, and the sixth was in his trouser pocket. He must have looked strange - Mack didn't care: "The result counts"