Sibylle Bergemann (b. 1941; Berlin, Germany - d. 2010; Vienna, Austria)
Sibylle Bergemann was born and raised in Berlin.
She was one of the most important German artists of the past decades and is internationally the most famous representative of GDR photography. With her pictures between dream and social reality, she made photographic history. Some of her photographs have become icons and will survive time as an important part of German imagery. She was a master of composition and the conscious use of color, various styles of photography, whether documentary or portrait, fashion, essay or landscape.
Through her educational work she has influenced a whole generation of young photographers.
Sibylle first worked as a secretary for Das Magazin. In the mid 1960s Bergemann met photographer Arno Fischer, whom she married in 1985. Together they nurtured mutual interests in art and culture and gathered in their home/studio a community of visionaries: writers, directors and performers, painters, designers,and photographers.
In the early 1970s, Sibylle Bergemann, began to photograph for a East German women’s magazine, where she soon developed a poignant manner of capturing beauty and crafting stories. In 1990, she co-founded the Ostkreuz agency, which now represents a score of photographers. In 1994 she became a member of the Akademie der Künste.
Sibylle Bergemann
Annette und Angela, Lustgarten Berlin,1982
Vintage gelatin silver print, signed
17 x 11 in. (42.9 x 28.6 cm)
Sibylle Bergemann
Frieda, ccd im Verband Bildender Künstler der DDR, Berlin, 1984
Vintage gelatin silver print
8.5 x 11.5 in. (20 x 30 cm)
Sibylle Bergemann
Das Denkmal, Berlin, Februar 1986, 1986
Vintage gelatin silver print
6.5 x 10.1 in. (16.9 x 25.9 cm)
