Herbert List

(b Hamburg, 7 Oct 1903; d Munich, 4 April 1975). German photographer and collector. He was a self-taught photographer but was given some support by his friend Andreas Feininger. For a long time he worked at various jobs and for the family coffee importing business. He fled from Germany in 1936 and went first to London and then to Paris, where he became a professional photographer and enjoyed a great success with publications in Vogue, Life Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, Arts et M?tiers graphiques and The Studio.

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List, Herbert (1903-75), German photographer. In 1923, after studying art and literature, List joined the firm of his father, a Hamburg coffee importer, and travelled extensively in Central and South America on business. Friendship with Andreas Feininger deepened his interest in photography, which he took up professionally after emigrating in 1936. In 1937 he travelled to Greece with George Hoyningen-Huene, and there cultivated a bold, contrasty style and a fascination with surreal juxtapositions of ruins and everyday objects. He also made experimental double exposures and heroically stylized male nudes. After the German invasion of Greece he returned to Germany and joined the army. From 1945 he lived mainly in Munich, producing independent series (for example Memento 1945 about Munich's ruins), and photo-essays for numerous illustrated papers. In the 1950s he became one of Germany's leading portraitists.

— Ulrich Rüter

Bibliography

• Scheler, M. (ed.), Herbert List: Die Monographie (2000)

Herbert List (October 7, 1903–April 4, 1975) was a German photographer who worked for magazines like Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Life.

Herbert List (1972, in the studio of German sculptor Martin Mayer)

His austere, classically-posed black-and-white compositions, particularly of male nudes, taken in Italy and Greece have been highly formative for modern photography, with contemporary fashion photographers like Herb Ritts being clearly influenced by List's style.

Books by Herbert List

• Licht über Hellas (Aufnahmen aus Griechenland zw. 1937-1941), München 1953
• Rom, München 1955
• Caribia, Hamburg 1958
• Napoli, Gütersloh 1962
• Bildwerke aus Nigeria, München 1963
• Martin Mayer, München 1972

Compilations

• US Camera Year-Book, New York 1957
• DU, Zürich 1973
• Portraits, Hoffmann & Campe, Hamburg 1977
• Photographs 1930-1970, Thames and Hudson, London und Rizzoli, New York 1980
• Fotografien 1930-1970; 1980 neu herausgegeben von Max Scheler unter dem Titel: Fotografie Metafisica
• Herbert List. I grandi fotografi. Milano 1982, deutsch München 1983
• Herbert List, Memento 1945. Münchner Ruinen. Fotomusem München. Schirmer/Mosel, München 1995 ISBN 3-88814-763-8
• Max Scheler und Matthias Harder (Hrsg.). Herbert List. Die Monographie. Mit einem Geleitwort von Bruce Weber und Texten von Herbert List u.a. Schirmer/Mosel, München 2000, ISBN 3-88814-533-3

Bibliography

• Boris von Brauchitsch: Das Magische im Vorübergehen. Herbert List und die Fotografie. Lit, Münster und Hamburg 1992 ISBN 3-89473-392-6
• Emanuel Eckardt: Herbert List. Ellert und Richter, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-8319-0131-7

External links

• Herbert List on glbtq.com
• Gallery of his works (three pages)

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