"What defines a top photographer?
Professional sovereignty combined with great sensitivity and the ability to illuminate the character of a person and portray situations in an exciting and engaging way. This is, why we appreciate Gaby Sommer!"
Regina Reiter, M.A., Head of Marketing and Communication, Bilfinger Berger Hochbau GmbH
"Gaby Sommer and DIE BAHN – a well-suited partnership. Gaby Sommer's photographs are characterized by empathy, creative observation and determination. Her acute feeling for the right moment manifests itself in impressively captured images. Gaby Sommer's professionalism, reliability and and enthusiasm for work pays well for Die Bahn, whose public image is formed by strong pictures. That's why we really appreciate working with such a profound expert in photography."
Mathias C. Tank, Public Relations, Deutsche Bahn AG,
Berlin
"Gaby Sommer is a stroke of luck for each corporate communications department. Due to her long experience as a photographer for international news agencies, she knows exactly which PR pictures will impress the editors. Her work is characterised by both creativity and high professional standards. And incidentally - working with her is simpy great fun."
Heike Schur, Head of Public Relations, Rasselstein
GmbH, ThyssenKrupp Group
"Gaby Sommer unites in a rare quality great understanding and a definite feeling for the right moment, the right gesture, the right impression with the ability to capture the perfect image of whoever is in front of her camera."
Christof Hardebusch, Editor-in-Chief, Immobilien Manager
"Her professionalism, her creativity and flexibility make Gaby Sommer a very agreeable partner to work with."
Angelika Obermann, Project Manager Annual Reports,
KarstadtQuelle AG
"Working with Gaby Sommer is highly professional. With her sensitivity she understands whats in front of her camera. Her photo sessions are very pleasant."
Gabriele Stegers, PR Manager, Trombello Koelbel
Immobilien Consulting
"Gaby Sommer - a top pro ! She has an excellent understanding of people and that´s what you can see in her pictures."
Claudia Boymanns, Project Manager, Expo Real,
Messe München GmbH
"You need more than a keen eye and a dependable feeling for the right moment, if you want to portray top managers. You need to make your point and have plenty of resistance to stress - Gaby Sommer unites all of that in one person."
Thomas Porten, Editor-in-Chief, Immobilien Zeitung
"Sensitive, elegant and right to the point. Whether large sized advertisement posters, annual reports, brochures, booklets or on the spot - Gaby hits the right angle."
Raimund Dollhausen, Managing Director, Dollhausen.Design
"Gaby Sommer shoots her pictures with a lot of joy and energy. This is what those she photographs and we as her client feel and see in her pictures. Through her many of years of experience briefings are reduced to a minimum."
Claudia Steckler, Vice-President,/Event Manager,
DB Real Estate Deutsche Bank Group
"A keen eye - and photographs which always tell a story."
Thomas Busch, Managing Director, Wichmann Communications
"Gaby Sommer shoots very efficiently: she is competent and creative, a real pro. It´s a lot of fun to work with her."
Herta Klick, Manager PR, Dept. for economic development,
City of Dusseldorf
"Gaby Sommer is a professional, a full-blooded photographer. She makes pictures come to life. Pleasant and goal-oriented at the same time and blessed with an infallible feeling for the right time for a good picture, it is a great pleasure to work with her."
Bettina Benner, Head of the Press and PR-Office,
ThyssenKrupp Immobilien
GmbH
"I would like to make special mention of two others for their work over the past year. First, Ulli Michel for his outstanding effort during the crisis in the Gulf. Second, Gaby Sommer for her string of offbeat pictures. Gaby made the different and nice-looking photographs that we must have to sandwich in between those dull handshakes."
Reuters News Pictures Consultant Charlie McCarty in Reuters World, Dec. 1987