Herbert List Lake Lucerne (Lac des Quatre-Cantons), Switzerland. 1936.
“Sometimes we hide behind sunglasses. But they do not make us invisible. We hide our eyes behind them, like we could hide our soul, emotio
(...) ns and desires.
In List’s ‘friendship images’ coupled items like chairs, bicycles or sunglasses refer to real life couples, which we cannot see in the frame. Things presented in place of their hidden owners become a proxy.
Hidden means simply not visible. Involved photography gives visibility to the otherwise marginalized. List's friendship images do so by proxy.”
- Peer-Olaf Richter, Herbert List Estate © Herbert List | Magnum Photos
