Angelika Platen (1942) - Daniel Spoerri

Angelika Platen (born 1942), Daniel Spoerri, 1969/2017.

Digital print, 18 x 13 cm on 29.8 x 21 cm. Signed in the image and on the back. Numbered. From an edition of 20.

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

Angelika Platen (born 1942) is among the most important German photographers in the field of artist portraits. Since the late 1960s she has documented with precision and a fine sense of judgment the faces and personalities of the international art scene – from emerging talents to world-famous icons.

Her photographs show artists not only as public figures but also as people in concentrated, often intimate moments. Among her most famous portraits are images of Joseph Beuys, Sigmar Polke, Marina Abramović, Georg Baselitz, Neo Rauch, Ai Weiwei, Wolfgang Tillmans and many others.

Platen works predominantly in black and white and relies on natural lighting as well as authentic settings – often in the studio, during work, or in personal situations. Her work has been exhibited in numerous museums and institutions, including the Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin, the Hamburger Kunsthalle and the ZKM Karlsruhe.