Herbert List
Herbert List (October 7, 1903–April 4, 1975) was a German photographer who worked for magazines like Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Life.
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. He is also noted for his erotic street photography.
The other side of List's work was begun in 1933, and matured in 1936 once he had fled Nazi Germany and reached the safety (he was gay) of London. This side aimed to produce what he called the "fotografia metafisica", picturing dream states and fantastic imagery using mirrors and double-exposures.
In 1941 however List returned to Germany and settled in Munich. From 1944 to 1945 he was in Norway as a German soldier, returning to Munich at the end of the war.
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
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