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Herbert List 

The elusive œuvre of the German photographer Herbert List is hard to categorize. He worked in almost every genre that photography has to offer: architecture, still life, street-photography, portraiture, documentation and cataloging. Yet he also blurred the demarcation between those fields: architectural shots seem like composed still lifes or surreal compositions, documentation of Greek sculptures or African artifacts borders on portraiture; and when capturing the classical beauty of the male physique, one does not quite know if we look at painstakingly composed arrangements or a private photo-diary,... 

Herbert List 1932

GERMANY. Hamburg. "Pitcher on a balustrade".

Herbert List 1930

GERMANY. Hamburg. 1930.

A-GE-HAM-002 

Herbert List 1936

FRANCE. Paris. "Bottle with newspaper". 

Herbert List 1931

GERMANY. Hamburg. Krochmannstrasse. "Neighbors". 

Herbert List 1930

GERMANY. Hamburg. 1930. "Wall at night".

Herbert List 1930

GERMANY. Hamburg. 1930. "Ship's railing". 

Herbert List 1934

GERMANY. Leipzig. 1934. Arabesque with three lemons. 

Herbert List 1936

GREAT-BRITAIN. London. 1936. Curvature.

Herbert List 1936

GREECE. Piraeus. 1938. "Indicators for wind".

Herbert List 1938

GREECE. Piraeus. 1938. "Ship detail II". 

Herbert List 1936

GREAT-BRITAIN. London. 1936. Ashtray.

Herbert List 1936

GREAT BRITAIN. London. 1936. "Female Slave I". 

Herbert List 1936

GREAT BRITAIN. London. 1936. "Female Slave II". 

Herbert List 1937

FRANCE. Paris. 1937.
Yesterdays News
Journal de Paris
S-FR-JOU-001... 

Herbert List 1937

FRANCE. Paris. "Knock Out". 1937. 

Herbert List 1952

GREECE. Attica. Sounion. 1952. Taverna below the Poseidon Temple.... 

Herbert List 1937

GREECE. Cyclades. Santorini (Santorin) Island. 1937. Goldfish... 

Herbert List 1939

GREECE. Attica. Glifadha near Sounion. "Mise en scene with George... 

Herbert List 1938

GREECE. Ionian island of Corfu. 1938. Octopus. 

Herbert List 1937

GREECE. Attica. Near Sounion. 1937.

S-GR-SUN-004 

Herbert List 1937

GREECE. Attica. Near Sounion. 1937. "Taverna by the sea".

S-GR-SUN-... 

Herbert List 1937

GREECE. Peloponnese. Bourtzi Island, Nafplio. 

Herbert List 1937

YUGOSLAVIA. "Eggs in Spalato I".

Herbert List 1936

ITALY. Liguria. 1936.

S-IT-LIG-001 

Herbert List 1934

GERMANY. At the Baltic Sea. 1934. "Extension into the Unreal".... 

Herbert List 1933

GERMANY. At the Baltic Sea. 1933. "Le Couple".

Herbert List 1936

SWITZERLAND. Lake Lucerne (Lac des Quatre-Cantons). 1936. 

Herbert List 1930

GERMANY. At the Baltic Sea. 1930. 

Herbert List 1933

GERMANY. At the Baltic Sea. Beach-roamer. 1933. 

Herbert List 1931

GERMANY. Hamburg. 1931. "The Egg-Despiser".

Herbert List 1931

GERMANY. Near Hamburg. 1931. "Masked man with barrel".

Herbert List 1937

GREECE. Athens. The monument to King Constantine of Greece, shortly... 

Herbert List 1937

FRANCE. Paris. World Fair. 1937. Before the opening of the German... 

Herbert List 1937

GREECE. Athens. Mount Lycabettus (Lykabettos). 1937. "Awareness.... 

Herbert List 1937

GREECE. Athens. Mount Lycabettus (Lykabettos). 1937. "Mythology.... 

Herbert List 1944

AUSTRIA. Vienna. "Trepanation". (skull operation)

From the photo-essay... 

Herbert List 1944

AUSTRIA. Vienna. 1944. Operation of Squinting.
S-AU-PAN-005... 

Herbert List 1936

FRANCE. Paris. Optician's display. 1936. 

Herbert List 1946

GERMANY. Munich. Academy of Arts. Michelangelo's Slave, damaged... 

Herbert List 1944

AUSTRIA. Fairground Prater. Vienna. 1944. Transplantation.
S-AU-PAN-009... 
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Herbert List 1949

GERMANY. Munich. Circa 1949.
During the rebuilding of the Technical... 

Herbert List 1946

GERMANY. Munich. "Traffic sign, Löwenbräukeller". 1945-1946 

Herbert List 1945

GERMANY. Munich. In the devasted Academy of Arts' storeroom.... 

Herbert List 1938

GREECE, In the Garden of the Museum of Chalkis, Chalkis 1938... 

Herbert List 1937

GREECE. Athens. 1937. Statue from Antikythera.
GRIECHENLAND.... 

Herbert List 1937

GREECE. Athens. National Museum. Statues retrieved by fishermen... 

Herbert List 1937

GREECE. Athens. The Acropolis. Parthenon portico. 1937. 

Herbert List 1939

GREECE. Athens. Circa 1938. National Museum. Classical head of... 

Herbert List 1937

A-GR-ATH-0006
GREECE. Athens. The Acropolis. Erechteum caryatid.... 

Herbert List 1937

GREECE. Athens. The Acropolis. Parthenon interior. 1937. 

Herbert List 1937

GREECE. Cyclades. Island of Delos. Kleopatra's house. 1937.

A-GR-DES-0001... 

Herbert List 1937

GREECE. Athens. Temple of Olympian Zeus. 1937.
A-GR-ATH-0008A... 

Herbert List 1937

GREECE. Peloponnese. Delphi. Ionic column drum. 1937. 

Herbert List 1937

GREECE. Athens. Temple of Olympian Zeus. 1937. 

Herbert List 1937

GREECE. Athens. Temple of Olympian Zeus. 1937. 

Herbert List 1937

GREECE. Crete. Near Heraklion. 1937.

Herbert List 1937

GREECE. Athens. The Acropolis. Erechteum with shadows of Propylaea.... 

Herbert List 1938

GREECE. Cyclades. Island of Naxos. Fisherman. 1938. 

Herbert List 1938

GREECE. Peloponnese. Nauplie. 1938. 

Herbert List 1937

SWITZERLAND. 1937.
J-CH-VIE-001 
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