Herbert List

Germany (1903—1975)

Born to a coffee merchant family, he studied at the Heidelberg University and started to work in the family business, taking photographs while travelling. In 1930 he met Andreas Feininger, who introduced him to Rolliflex and enabled him to develop his technical and artistic skills. In 1936 he left Germany for Paris, where he briefly started a collaboration with Harper’s Bazaar, but gave up fashion photography for still life compositions in the style of metafisica photography. He travelled around Europe, mainly Athens, Vienna and Paris. During these years he also took up drawings and moved to Norway until 1945. After WWII he became an editor for the magazine HEUTE and Magnum, with Henri Cartier Bresson. In this period he travelled to Italy, Spain, Morocco and the Caribbean and he published thematic collections of photography.

Andreas Feininger

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Female slave I

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Antique horse head in the Diocletian Baths (Antiker Pferdekopf in den Thermen des Diocletian Rom)

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Morning cleaning in Piazza Venezia, Rome (Morgendliches Saubermachen auf dem Piazza Venezia Rom)

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Fishermen on the Tiber (Fischer auf dem Tiber vor der Engelsbrücke Rom)

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Trajan’s column (Blick auf die Säule des Kaisers Trajan Rom)

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Balloons in front of Trevi fountain, Rome (Luftballons vor der Fontana di Trevi Rom)

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After work in Trastevere, Rome (Feierabend in Trastevere Rom)

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Female slave I

Antique horse head in the Diocletian Baths (Antiker Pferdekopf in den Thermen des Diocletian Rom)

Morning cleaning in Piazza Venezia, Rome (Morgendliches Saubermachen auf dem Piazza Venezia Rom)

Fishermen on the Tiber (Fischer auf dem Tiber vor der Engelsbrücke Rom)

Trajan’s column (Blick auf die Säule des Kaisers Trajan Rom)

Balloons in front of Trevi fountain, Rome (Luftballons vor der Fontana di Trevi Rom)

After work in Trastevere, Rome (Feierabend in Trastevere Rom)

Sunglasses, lake Lucerne