Karin Székessy (1938-2025) - Flämische Schule (1967)

Karin Székessy (1938-2025)
Flemish School, silver gelatin print, signed and numbered Vintage Print 8/15, 40 x 30 cm.

Székessy is without exaggeration to be counted among the "Grand Dames" of German contemporary photography. Beauty and sensuality form central themes of her work. This is especially expressed in her unmistakable female portraits and nudes. Székessy’s particular art is to make the women in her pictures, even when unclothed, never appear naked; she is always surrounded by an aura of untouchability. However, besides that — especially in earlier works — photographs with almost cinematic, reportage-like character also belong to her oeuvre as well as impressive artist portraits.

Recently there was a large retrospective from May to July 2025 at the Kunsthalle Lüneburg.
Karin Székessy died at the end of May 2025 at the age of 87.