HOFER, Evelyn - Encounters

Background information

"The work of German-American photographer Evelyn HOFER is characterized by her single-minded creative drive and dedication to recording the essentials of her subjects. She portraits her vis-à-vis―not only people, but also landscapes and interiors―well beyond the idea of the snapshot, and with great clarity and atmospheric intensity. SheR spent months in the cities she photographed for her books of the 1950s and ’60s, published with renowned authors such as Mary McCarthy and V. S. Pritchett. In titles such as 'New York Proclaimed' (1965, 2018) and 'Dublin. A Portrait' (1967, 2023) Evelyn HOFER combines portraits, city and country views, still lifes and larger interior shots to manifest complex images of these metropolises.

Content

From this starting point, the photo volume 'Encounters' by Evelyn HOFER explores the multifaceted idea of the 'portrait' throughout her oeuvre―be it in series on New York, Dublin and Washington, images of artists and their ateliers, selected photo-essays for magazines, her extensive projects 'People of Soglio' and 'Basque People', as well as till now unseen New York photos of Marlene Dietrich’s hangar and Andy Warhol’s Factory." (© Steidl Verlag, 2019)

About German-American photographer, Evelyn HOFER (1922-2009)

Photo books by Evelyn HOFER