Rolf von Bergmann

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Rolf von Bergmann (born February 8, 1953 , † July 12, 1988 ) was a German photographer. He was one of the leading exponents of artistic gay photography in Germany in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Life

Rolf von Bergmann came after a study of social pedagogy to West Berlin , where he alongside artists like Salomé and Rainer Fetting the founders of the gallery at Moritzplatz belonged 1977th This gallery was a so-called self-help gallery for artists who were not yet known at the time and hoped to gain a foothold in the art scene.

Many of his photos were among the most important works of artistic gay photography since the late 1970s and allowed him to be mentioned in the same breath as Jürgen Baldiga . For example, he photographed himself as a transvestite . The first photographs of him were self-portraits. His trademark was to cover many of the photos with glitter . But his artist friends, who later became very famous, such as Rainer Fetting and Salomé , were also photographed in various poses. He was the still photographer for the German-Italian war film Der Kommander , with Lee van Cleef among others in one of the leading roles.

The Bergmanns' photographic estate is in the Berlinische Galerie in the Museum of Modern Art there. On July 12, 1988, he died of AIDS at the age of 35 .

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SURNAME Bergmann, Rolf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1953
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 1988