Peter lindbergh death

Born 1944 in Lissa, Wartheland (today, Poland), died 2019.


Lindbergh has worked for Vogue, Harper´s Bazaar, Interview, Stern, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, and the New Yorker and has done fashion and commercial photography for Prada, Giorgio Armani, Jil Sander, Donna Karan, and Calvin Klein, among others. Numerous publications, including Images of Women (2013, 1997), On Street (2010), Untitled 116 (2006), and Ten Women (1996). International museum exhibitions at Foto Museum Antwerp (2011), Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (2011), C/O Berlin (2010), The Metropolitan Museum, New York (2009), and Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (2007), among others. Awards include Fashion Layout of the Year, Lucie Awards (2010), gold medal for “Best Photography” and “Best Magazine Concept,” Lead Awards (2010), “Photokina Top Award”, Pirelli Calendar (1993), and many more. 

 

Known for his memorable cinematic images, Peter Lindbergh is recognised as one of the most influential contemporary photographers. Born in Lissa (Germany) in 1944, he spe

Pioneer in fashion photography

Known for his memorable cinematic images, Peter Lindbergh is recognized as one of the most influential contemporary photographers. Born in Lissa (Germany) in 1944, he spent his childhood in Duisburg (North Rhine-Westphalia). He worked as a window dresser for a local department store and enrolled in the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts in the early 1960’s.

He remembers these years: “I preferred actively seeking the inspirations of Van Gogh, my idol, rather than painting the mandatory portraits and landscapes taught in art schools...”

Inspired by the work of the Dutch painter, he moved to Arles for almost a year, and then embarked on a journey hitchhiking through Spain and North Africa. He later studied free painting at the College of Art in Krefeld. Influenced by Joseph Kosuth and the Conceptual movement, before graduating he was invited to exhibit his work at the renowned avant-garde Galerie Denise René-Hans Mayer in 1969.

After moving to Düsseldorf in 1971, he turned his attention to photography and worked for two years assisting German photographe

Peter Lindbergh

German photographer and film director (1944–2019)

Peter Lindbergh

Lindbergh in 2015

Born

Peter Brodbeck


(1944-11-23)23 November 1944

Lissa (Leszno), German-occupied Poland

Died3 September 2019(2019-09-03) (aged 74)

Paris, France

NationalityGerman
OccupationPhotographer
Spouses

Astrid Lindbergh

(divorced)​

Petra Sedlaczek

(m. 2002)​
Children4, including Simon
Websitepeterlindbergh.com

Peter Lindbergh (born Peter Brodbeck;[1] 23 November 1944 – 3 September 2019) was a German fashion photographer and film director.

He had studied arts in Berlin and Krefeld, and exhibited his works before graduation. In 1971, he turned to photography and worked for the Stern magazine.

In fashion photography, he portrayed models Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Tatjana Patitz, Cindy Crawford and Christy Turlington together for the January 1990 British Vogue cover, beginning an era of supermodels. He photographed the Pirelli Calendar th

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