Evelyn Hofer (January 21, 1922 – November 2, 2009) was a German-American portrait and documentary photographer.
Life and work
Hofer was born in
Marburg,
Germany. The family moved to
Geneva in 1933 in order to escape Nazism, and later to
Madrid. Evelyn attempted unsuccessfully to enter the
Paris Conservatory and then switched to photography, first apprenticing in
Zürich and
Basel and then taking private tuition in Zürich.
Hofer used a four-by-five inch view camera to make orderly and well-constructed portraits and scenic photographs. Her style centered on straightforward compositions that were clear, but not simple. Her portraits show subjects looking lost, sad, or at least ambiguous.
The Pleasures of Mexico. Text by Maurice Sandoz. New York: Kamin, 1957.
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The Stones of Florence. Text by
Mary McCarthy. London: Heinemann, 1956. New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1959. London: Heinemann, 1976.
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Florenz. Text by Mary McCarthy. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann, 1960.
London. Herz und Antlitz einer Stadt. Text by V. S. Pritchett, trans. Margot Berthold. Munich and Zurich: Droemer, 1964.
New York Proclaimed. Text by V. S. Pritchett. Chatto & Windus / Heinemann, 1965. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1965. London: Reprint Society, 1966.[1]
New York. Herz und Antlitz einer Stadt. Text by V. S. Pritchett. Munich and Zurich: Droemer, 1966.
Dublin: A Portrait. Text by V. S. Pritchett. New York: Harper & Row, 1967. London: Bodley Head, 1967. London: Hogarth, 1991.
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The Presence of Spain. Text by
James Morris. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1964. London: Faber & Faber, 1964.
Spanje zoals het is. Text by James Morris. The Hague: Gaade, 1965.
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The Evidence of Washington. Text by
William Walton. New York: Harper & Row, 1966. London: Bodley Head, 1967.
Portrait: Theory: Photographs and Essays by
David Attie,
Chuck Close, Jan Groover, Evelyn Hofer, Lotte Jacobi, Gerard Malanga,
Robert Mapplethorpe and James Van Der Zee. Edited by Kelly Wise. New York: Lustrum, 1981.