Walther Benser

Walther Benser (1912–2002) was a German photographer, photojournalist and businessman.

His life with the Leica was determined by traveling around the world as a freelance photographer, traveling for slide presentations and setting up his photo agency ZEFA in Düsseldorf.

During the war years, Benser was a picture war reporter for the Wehrmacht. Benser was posted to the Russian front as a PK photographer for the propaganda company 691 with marching orders, and in late 1943 to Rome, Italy.

In 1946 he took over the management of the picture office German News Service – GNS for short in Hamburg.

In the 1970s, he renamed his agency ZEFA, which made it easier for clients in the offices in London, Milan, Paris, Zurich and Vienna to pronounce the name. In the 1980s, ZEFA was one of Europe's largest picture agencies.

On April 21, 2002, Walther Benser died in Domburg, Netherlands , his second adopted home.