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| © Karin Kohlberg Lillian Bassman and her husband, Paul Himmel |
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| Kate Moss by Paul Himmel |
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| Paul Himmel - Swan Lake D, 1951/52 |
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| © Lillian Bassman "Circus Swirl", Paul Himmel, 1950-54 |
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| Lillian Bassman was at the cutting-edge of fashion working both as a fashion photographer and the art director for the iconic magazine Harper's Bazaar. Throughout her illustrious career, she worked with leading photographers and worked as a photographer herself on campaigns for Balenciaga and Chanel. Paul Himmel was one of the few photographers who worked for Harpers and Vogue before focussing on his fine art photography. He is best known for his series of dancers and boxers. Together, the couple's work presents an engagig exploration into photography both as a commercial and artistic practice. |
Lillian Bassman and Paul Himmel count among the masters of photography.
The House of Photography of Deichtorhallen Hamburg prepares the first
comprehensive retrospective of the artist couple. Besides the well-known
photographs, published in “Vogue” and “Harper’s Bazaar”, yet
unpublished photographs of the two artists will be exposed.
Today Lillian Bassman belongs to the last great woman photographers in
the fashion world. In the 1940s and 1960s she worked as an art director
for “Junior Bazaar” and later for “Harper’s Bazaar”, and promoted
photographers, such as Richard Avedon, Robert Frank, Louis Faurer and
Arnold Newman.
Paul Himmel (born 1914 as son of Ukrainian pilgrims; died in Feb. 2009
in New York) was one of the last great living photographers from the
early era of American photography. He gained fame through his early
exhibition “The Familiy of Man”, curated by Edward Steichen, which then
turned around the world. In the mid-thirties, Lillian Bassman and Paul
Himmel got married. Contrary to his wife, Paul Himmel increasingly lost
interest in fashion photography. He began to develop his own projects,
most of them radical experiments.
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Lillian Bassman and Paul Himmel count among the masters of photography.
The House of Photography of Deichtorhallen Hamburg prepares the first
comprehensive retrospective of the artist couple. Besides the well-known
photographs, published in “Vogue” and “Harper’s Bazaar”, yet
unpublished photographs of the two artists will be exposed.
Today Lillian Bassman belongs to the last great woman photographers in
the fashion world. In the 1940s and 1960s she worked as an art director
for “Junior Bazaar” and later for “Harper’s Bazaar”, and promoted
photographers, such as Richard Avedon, Robert Frank, Louis Faurer and
Arnold Newman.
Paul Himmel (born 1914 as son of Ukrainian pilgrims; died in Feb. 2009
in New York) was one of the last great living photographers from the
early era of American photography. He gained fame through his early
exhibition “The Familiy of Man”, curated by Edward Steichen, which then
turned around the world. In the mid-thirties, Lillian Bassman and Paul
Himmel got married. Contrary to his wife, Paul Himmel increasingly lost
interest in fashion photography. He began to develop his own projects,
most of them radical experiments.
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