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Michael Dannenmann

Portraits

Das Wesen des Menschen

Michael Dannenmann (b. Stuttgart 1959; lives and works in Düsseldorf) is one of the most important representatives of portrait photography on the international stage. In fractions of a second, he manages to capture what is essential about a human being—that is a high art. He frequently photographs artists in their studios. The face is always what matters most, and the great majority of his sitters look straight into the camera. Günther Uecker seems to have just moved in; Markus Lüpertz is still wearing his painter’s apron—the secret is a blend of planning and spontaneity, and it is this fusion that ultimately makes Michael Dannenmann’s pictures so fascinating. With essays by Ulrich Erben and Klaus Honnef.

Portraits of Mamma Andersson, Richard Avedon, Stephan Balkenhol, Georg Baselitz, Maurice Béjart & Marcia Haydée, Norbert Bisky, Manolo Blahnik, Christian Boros, David Bösch, Phil Collins, Michel Comte, Anton Corbijn, Tony Cragg, Gerhard Demetz, Nacho Duato, Ulrich Erben, Elliot Erwitt, Ralph Gibson, Gotthard Graubner, Andreas Gursky, Keith Haring, Candida Höfer, Dennis Hopper, Jörg Immendorff, Anne Maria Jagdfeld, Oda Jaune, Patricia Kaas, Alex Katz, Christine Kaufmann, Jürgen Klauke, Karin Kneffel, Sebastian Koch, Herlinde Koelbl, Takehito Koganezawa, Kasper König, Karl Lagerfeld, Petra Lemmerz, Peter Lindbergh, Udo Lindenberg, Robert Longo, Peter Ludwig, Markus Lüpertz, David Lynch, Heinz Mack, Robert Mapplethorpe & Lady Lisa Lion, Mary Ellen Mark, Hans Mayer, Wayne McGregor, Maria Montell, Moondog, Armin Müller-Stahl, Elke Nebel, Ernesto Neto, John Neumeier, Helmut Newton, Markus Oehlen, Otto Piene, Sigmar Polke, Jim Rakete, Tobias Rehberger, Bettina Rheims, Daniel Richter, Pipilotti Rist, Isabella Rossellini, Thomas Ruff, Walter Schels, Nikita Schmitz, Julian Schnabel, Gregor Schneider, Charles Schumann, Thomas Schütte, Richard Serra, Stephen Shore, Katharina Sieverding, Niels Sievers, Anna Nicole Smith, Lord Snowdon, Ringo Starr, Julia Stoschek, Thomas Struth, Norbert Tadeusz, Philip Treacy, Ulrich Tukur, Günther Uecker, O.M. Ungers, Yvonne van Acht, Hans van Manen, Severin von Hoensbroech, Wolf Vostell, Hans Wallat, Albert Watson, Albert Watson, William Wegman, Michael Werner, Vivienne Westwood & Andreas Kronthaler, Alasdhair Willis, Robert Wilson, Sönke Wortmann, Pierre Wyss, Deng Guo Yuan