PHOTOGRAPHER

Peter Lindbergh

1944 - 2019

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Peter Lindbergh (born Peter Brodbeck; 23 November 1944 – 3 September 2019) was a German fashion photographer and film director. He had studied arts in Berlin and Krefeld, and exhibited his works before graduation. In 1971, he turned to photography and worked for the Stern magazine. In fashion photography, he portrayed models Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Tatjana Patitz, Cindy Crawford and Christy Turlington together for the January 1990 British Vogue cover, beginning an era of supermodels. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Lindbergh is the 38th most popular photographer, the 487th most popular biography from Poland (up from 508th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Polish Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Peter Lindbergh ranks 38 out of 148Before him are Roger Fenton, Étienne Carjat, William Klein, Robert Mapplethorpe, Sophie Calle, and Napoleon Sarony. After him are Astrid Kirchherr, David Bailey, Berenice Abbott, Lewis Hine, Andreas Gursky, and Jan Saudek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Peter Lindbergh ranks 238Before him are Jeffrey Tambor, Richard Leakey, Elizabeth Loftus, Tommie Smith, Brenda Lee, and Christian Boltanski. After him are Goukouni Oueddei, Charles Sobhraj, Rory Byrne, James Michel, Juan Ramón Verón, and Jill Clayburgh. Among people deceased in 2019, Peter Lindbergh ranks 137Before him are Ken Kercheval, Ken Matthews, Harold Bloom, Tommy Smith, Judith Kerr, and Harold Prince. After him are Fernando J. Corbató, Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, Krishna Sobti, Václav Vorlíček, Princess Alix of Luxembourg, and France-Albert René.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Peter Lindbergh ranks 487 out of 1,694Before him are Julian Tuwim (1894), Fritz Freitag (1894), Johann Schobert (1720), Lidia Zamenhof (1904), Izabella Scorupco (1970), and Olga Boznańska (1865). After him are Elisabeth Hevelius (1647), Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812), Friedrich Graf von Wrangel (1784), Elizabeth Richeza of Poland (1286), Otto von Gierke (1841), and Georg Heym (1887).

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Poland

Among photographers born in Poland, Peter Lindbergh ranks 2Before him are Wilhelm Brasse (1917). After him are Lotte Jacobi (1896).