Peter Brüchmann (1932-2016) - Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate

Peter Brüchmann (1932–2016), Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate, (circa 1960).

Silver gelatin on baryta, 63 x 41.8 cm, modern print, on the back with photographer's stamp.

Condition: Good condition. Photos are part of the condition description.

About
Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate symbolized the glamour and ambivalence of an era in the late 1960s. Polanski was already a celebrated director with films like Rosemary’s Baby, while Tate, as a young actress and model, was pursuing an emerging career in Hollywood. Their shared life was brief but impactful—captured in portraits that reflected the aesthetics of the Swinging Sixties. Their story ended tragically in the summer of 1969 with Tate’s murder, marking a sudden break with the lightness of that time.

Peter Brüchmann (1932–2016) was one of the most distinctive German photographers of the post-war period, whose visual language shaped the pop and media culture of the 1950s to 1980s. Born in Berlin, he completed an apprenticeship from 1949 to 1952 with fashion and portrait photographer Lotte Söhring and then undertook an internship at the news agency dpa. His professional path led him through renowned magazines such as Bild am Sonntag, twen, Revue, and Quick – initially in black and white, later in color.
Brüchmann was known for his precise portraits of stage, film, and music stars and placed great importance on intimacy and expression — for example, in reports such as the visit of The Beatles to the Top-Ten-Club Hamburg in 1961.
His works are today part of the collection of the German Historical Museum in Berlin.