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Herbert List: The Monograph

An exploration of the German photographer Herbert List's fascination with the classical world, art and the human form

Herbert List

Herbert List Wrestling boys. Near the Baltic Sea, Germany. 1933. © Herbert List | Magnum Photos
Herbert List Youth with reeds. Greece. Circa 1936. © Herbert List | Magnum Photos
Herbert List Dreaming in the Sun. Portofino, Italy. Circa 1936. © Herbert List | Magnum Photos
Herbert List Plaster masks. Santorini, Greece. 1937. © Herbert List | Magnum Photos
Herbert List Goldfish bowl. Santorini Island, Greece. 1937. © Herbert List | Magnum Photos
Herbert List Octopus. Ionian island of Corfu, Greece. 1938. © Herbert List | Magnum Photos
Herbert List George Hoyningen-Huene. Glifadha, Greece. 1939. © Herbert List | Magnum Photos
Herbert List Good friends. Liguria, Italy. 1936. © Herbert List | Magnum Photos
Herbert List Young men under reed roof. Torremolinos, Spain. 1951. © Herbert List | Magnum Photos
Herbert List Pablo Picasso at his studio in front of 'La Cuisine'. Paris, France. 1948. © Herbert List | Magnum Photos
Herbert List Footstep imprints in snow as seen from List's apartment window at 26 Ainmiller strasse. Munich, Germany. 1953. © Herbert List | Magnum Photos
Herbert List Shadows of the Apostles at St. Peter's Basilica. Vatican City, Italy. 1951. © Herbert List | Magnum Photos
Herbert List Dance of the Dresses. Rome, Italy. 1953. © Herbert List | Magnum Photos
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