 Since 1986, back in Hamburg again, he worked out of his home town.At the beginning of his career in the 1970s, Volker Hinz formed his reputation with reports from the German political scene.Later, on behalf of the magazine, he took the opportunity for gripping stories and photographic documentations such as on New York nightlife, on Hollywood, on Mexican Oil, on Argentina and Palm Beach for which he received awards at World Press, Art Directors Club Germany and Lead Award.