herbert list nachmittags auf der strasse italien 1953 SW Image size: 25 x 35

Image size: 25 x 35 cm

His diverse style influenced some of the biggest names in photography

Image size: 43

Title: Ehepaar in Norditalien

herbert list nachmittags auf der strasse italien 1953 SW Image size: 25 x 35Herbert List (1903 1975) was a classically trained artist who combined his love of photography with a fascination for surrealism and classicism. List was born into a wealthy Hamburg merchant family and began an apprenticeship with a Heidelberg coffee merchant in 1921 while studying literature and art history at the University of Heidelberg. The young List began taking photographs while traveling for the coffee business between 1924 and 1928. In 1930,