Fritz Henle: In Search of Beauty
Catalog of major retrospective exhibition of Fritz Henle's life and career
Edited and with text by Roy Flukinger, Senior Research
Curator of Photography at the Harry Ransom Center, The
University of Texas at Austin.
Praised as 'the last
classic freelance photographer' by photohistorian Helmut
Gernsheim, Fritz Henle (1909-1993) was one of the greatest
photographers of the mid-twentieth century. Unlike most of his
peers who specialized in a particular genre or style of
photography, Henle ranged widely and successfully across many
genres, including documentary, travel, fashion, commercial,
portrait, celebrity, avant-garde, nude, industrial, landscape,
and inspirational, to name only a few. He championed the square
format photography of the Rolleiflex twin-lens reflex camera,
becoming known later in life as 'Mr. Rollei.' Beyond his
mastery of the craft, however, Henle was driven by a lifelong
urge 'to show people beauty.' 'I am obsessed,' he said, 'by
showing them beauty.'
This volume is the catalog of a
major retrospective exhibition of the life and career of Fritz
Henle presented by the Harry Ransom Center. It covers the
entire range of Henle's work, including significant items from
the photographer's archive and family. The catalog reproduces
127 of Henle's black- and-white and color photographs. Curator
Roy Flukinger's text covers the full arc of Henle's career,
from his early training in Germany to his prewar travels and
photography in the Mediterranean, India, China, and Japan; his
freelance work for LIFE magazine; his fashion editorials
for Harper's Bazaar, Mademoiselle, and Town
and Country; and his later photography of Mexico, Hawaii,
Europe, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
220 pp., 12 x 12
in. Hardcover with dust jacket.
ISBN: 978-0-292-719
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