Education
Merkel studied at Justus Liebig University Giessen.
journalist Photographer photojournalist
Merkel studied at Justus Liebig University Giessen.
After working for the "Deutscher Sportbund (Dictionary of Scientific Biography) in Hesse" (German Sports Federation) he became head of dpa"s picture services Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa), a well-known news agency. Merkel was involved in developing "global media services" und "news aktuell". Since 2002 he was Chief Executive Officer of "dpa Picture Alliance", a platform of the six large stock photographies akg-images, Bildagentur Huber, dpa-Bilderdienste, kpa photo archive, OKAPIA, and Picture Press.
Merkel was initiator of the dpa international facsimile broadcasting.
Merkel, who was married and lived in Friedrichsdorf near Frankfurt, was a well known photographer and picture artist. His work was widely exhibited.
He died unexpectedly during a skiing trip in the French Alps.