They kept their relationship a secret, even from their children, Dyrk, Astrid, and David. They began a long-term affair that only ended with his death in 1974. In 1957, Lindbergh, then 55, met and fell in love with Brigitte Hesshaimer, a 31-year-old hat maker living in Munich, Germany. Want to stay ahead of the art world? Subscribe to our newsletter to get the breaking news, eye-opening interviews, and incisive critical takes that drive the conversation forward.After World War II, Lindbergh served as a consultant to the US Air Force and to Pan American World Airways. The renowned photographer has also shot the Pirelli calendar twice, in 1996 and in 2002 (see Steven Meisel Shoots Arty Nudes for Pirelli’s Provocative Annual Calendar). He’s captured imaginations with his raw unfiltered images for the advertisements of Commes des Garçon and shaped the way fashion photography is perceived. In his 40-plus-year career, Lindbergh has shot for many esteemed magazines including the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Allure, Harper’s Bazaar and Rolling Stone. His iconic (even groundbreaking) photo of Israeli model Micaela Bercu candidly sporting a black haute couture jacket by Christian Lacroix and stonewashed Guess jeans, is forever burned into the minds of Vogue fans everywhere.

In 1988, Anna Wintour arrived at American Vogue and hired Lindbergh to capture the image for her first cover. His meteoric rise to international fame came at the heels of his debut working for Italian, British, French, German and and American Vogue. Lindbergh’s interest in shooting in black and white comes from his belief that the monochromatic palette “brings out the personality more.” He has said that color photographs can often look like advertisements. Afterwards, Lindbergh launched his own studio. In 1972, by chance, he became an assistant for Düsseldorf-based photographer Hans Lux. He subsequently hitchhiked to France, Spain, and Morocco.Īfter his two-year journey, Lindbergh returned to Germany to study painting in Krefeld. After working as a window dresser for the Karstadt and Horten department store in the city, he moved to Lucerne, Switzerland, then on to Berlin to take courses at the Academy of Arts. Lindbergh was born in Lissa, Germany and spent his childhood in Duisburg. The new book, a compilation of 161 images, which was released in January this year, is a sequel to his first book, Images of Women (1997). Actress Uma Thurman will host a book party for the US release of German photographer Peter Lindbergh‘s Images of Women II: 2005-2014 (Schirmer/Mosel) at the Gagosian Shop this week.

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