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Inge Morath: Portraits (Aperture, 1986)

By: Thomas Schulz 29/04/2020

Classic, PhotobookArts, Black and White, Book, Celebrity, Inge Morath, Magnum, Photography, Portrait Photography, Street PhotographyLeave a Comment

Inge Morath was born in Graz, Austria, in 1923. After studying languages in Berlin, she became a translator, then a journalist and the Austrian editor for Heute, an Information Service Branch publication based in Munich. A friend of photographer Ernst Haas, she wrote articles to accompany his photographs and was invited by Robert Capa and Haas…

Wolfgang Tillmans: Portraits (Walther König, 2001)

By: Thomas Schulz 15/10/201526/06/2019

Contemporary, PhotobookBeauty, Celebrity, Color, German, Identity, Portrait Photography, Subculture, Wolfgang TillmansLeave a Comment

This is a selection of portraits, taken between 1988 to 2001, and chosen by Tillmans himself. “For artist Wolfgang Tillmans, portraiture is a collaborative process between photographer and accomplice. While Tillmans’ photographs are often referred to as casual, they are actually the result of a carefully constructed process…