Herman Landshoff (1905-1986) was born in München, Germany and died in New York, USA. He was the son of the renowned musicologist Ludwig Landshoff, and was born in a Jewish home. He studied to be a typographer and book illustrator. He worked at first as a cartoonist and in 1930 started working as a photographer, where he found quick success. Landshoff emigrated to Paris in July 1933 after Hitler came to power. In 1935, he received his first commissions as a fashion photographer for the French fashion magazine Vogue. With the outbreak of World War II, he enlisted voluntarily in the French Foreign Legion in order to escape internment, but also to fight against the German regime. After the danger for Jews became ever greater in France following the Franco-German armistice, in 1941 Landshoff emigrated to the United States. Soon he was able once again to pursue his work as a fashion photographer and to work for major fashion magazines in New York. He also made portraits of many European artists in exile in New York, thereby documenting the art scene of the time. Landshoff’s photo series on the architecture and society of New York show another artistic focus of the passionate photographer.
A black and white photograph of a man in standing on a studio backdrop holding a closed umbrella.
Additional Artworks
From Colorado Photographic Arts Center
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Chip Rutan
The Titans
Gelatin Silver Print
9 x 12 in
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Carol Golemboski
They Hook and They Hold
Toned silver gelatin print
9 x 9 in
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Howard Bond
The Tetons and Snake River Wyoming
Gelatin Silver Print
15 x 19.25 in
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Chas E. Grover
The Snowy Trail
Gelatin Silver Print
13.5 x 10.5 in
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Allen Stross
The Upstairs Room
Chromogenic Print
16 x 20 in
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Edward R. Miller
Three Actresses, Movie Set. Tokyo, Japan 1947
Gelatin Silver Print
11 x 14 in
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R. Ewing Stiffler
The Steamfitters
Photogravure
12.75 x 10.25 in
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Herbert Ponting
The Terra Nova Icebound
Toned Silver Gelatin Print
7.75 x 5.5 in
About the artist
H. Landshoff
1905-1986