Guenter Knop

Guenter Knop (born June 1954, in Bremen, Germany) is a photographer known for black and white nudes of real women. [The New York Art World, MacInnis, M. http://www.thenewyorkartworld.com/pastIssue/AprEditorial2006.html#review07]

Knop began his career working in the studio of German fashion and advertising photographer Charlotte March in the late 1970s. [Saatchi Online: http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/Guenter%20Knop/23713.html] He later worked as first assistant to Henry Wolf [Phyllis Lucas Gallery: http://www.phyllislucasgallery.com/guknrenu.html] , art director for "Esquire, Harper's Bazaar" and "Show" magazines [Encyclopedia Britanica entry on Henry Wolf: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1089672/Henry-Wolf] . He worked with Wolf for ten years on high fashion, TV, and print advertising for major clients in the eighties and nineties before opening a studio in Chelsea, New York. His pictures incorporate dramatic lighting and customized sets built from found materials and inspired by Bauhaus, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco designs. A unique feature of Knop’s work is his exclusive use of real women who are hand-picked from the streets of New York [Book review for "Guenter Knop on Women": http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/] .

Books

*"Nudes Index", Koenemann Verlag, Cologne, 1999 (ISBN 3-8290-0502-4)
*"Indexi", Feierabend Verlag, Germany, 2002 (ISBN 3-936761-13-2)
*"Naked", Feierabend Verlag, Germany, 2004 (ISBN 3-89985-160-9)
*"Guenter Knop on Women", Steffen Verlag, Germany, 2005 (ISBN 3-937669-24-8)
*"The Nude Bible", Tectum Publishers, 2007 (ISBN 978-90-76886-50-3)
*"The Nude Bible II", Tectum Publishers, 2008 (ISBN 978-90-76886-76-3)

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