Herbert List

Herbert List (1903-1975) was a brilliant German photographer with a quite eventful life story. His photographs display a rare level of artistry.

 Black Male Nude I, 1935

 Dead Trees, 1939

 

 Capri, 1935

[there's enough subtext here to fill a novel]
  

 Grotesque Figure, Park of Palazzo Orsini, Bomarzo, Italy, 1952

 

 Man and Dog, Portofino, 1936

 

 Munich, 1946

 

 Italy, Venice. Piazza San Marco. 1939

 [what a brilliant use of light and shadow!]
  

 On the scout for ovenwood , Munich, 1946

 Ostia, Italy, 1959

 Spirit of Lycabettus I, Athens, 1937

 

 Stairway to Heaven, Rome, 1949

 

 Traffic sign, Löwenbräukeller, Munich, 1946

 

 View from the Window II, Rome, Trastevere, 1953

 

Prometheus, 1939