LINDBERGH, PETER

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PETER LINDBERGH, REDEFINED IMAGERY BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF BLACK AND WHITE WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPHY.

Peter Lindbergh was born in Leszno, Poland in 1944. He spent his childhood in Duisburg. He enrolled in the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts in the early 1960s. It was in 1971, when he moved to Dusseldorf, that he picked up photography. Consequently moving to Paris in 1978, to pursue a career in the same.

During the 1980’s he offered a new interpretation of women. He took away the attention from the clothes and focused on the woman herself. The journalist, Suzy Menkes once described Lindbergh’s work as,

“Refusing to bow to glossy perfection is Peter Lindbergh’s trademark – the essence of the images that look into each person’s unvarnished soul, however familiar or famous the sitter.”

He was a sought-after photographer in the 1990s. The January 1990 cover of British Vogue, featuring all the top models of that time is one of his more remarkable works. Best known, for his simple yet revealing portraits, he has worked with many big names in the industry. Notably, including stars such as Angelina Jolie, Penelope Cruz, Emma Watson, Naomi Campbell, etc.

British Vogue January 1990

He passed away at the age of 74, in 2019 leaving a legacy behind him.

BEYOND PHOTOGRAPHY

His love for capturing images went beyond the realm of still photography and Fashion. Lindbergh directed a number of films and documentaries. He also photographed many music record covers and movie posters for Tony Scott’s movie The Hunger (1983) featuring David Bowie, Susan Sarandon, and Catherine Deneuve, and the album cover for the soundtrack, Pedro Almodóvar’s movie poster for Talk To Her (2002) and also Charlotte Rampling’s documentary The Look (2011).

In 2014, he was even awarded for his humanitarian contributions. Honoured for his long-time contributions to AIDS awareness at the annual amfAR New York Gala at Cipriani Wall Street.

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