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German photographer Herbert List official. Account run by the estate of the artist. For more info visit our website or @magnumphotos for a biography.

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@magnumphotos taken in Magnum Gallery by @herbert_list

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German-Greek Encounter, Naxos, by Herbert List, 1937

c/o @herbert_list by @herbert_list

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Opening this Saturday in Paris: Under the Same Sun

A new curation presented at the Magnum Gallery pairs the work of two Magnum photographers: a selection of Herbert List’s photographs of the Mediterranean and Baltic Seas from the 1930s to the 1950s and Zied Ben Romdhane’s images along the Mediterranean coast in present-day Tunisia.

Through these different perspectives, nearly a century apart, the sea becomes a shared space for exploring memory, identity, exile, and belonging.

June 27, 2026 - September 12, 2026
Public Opening: June 27, 11am to 12:30pm
Magnum Paris Gal2 impasse Delaunay 75011, Paris

Curated by Ben Romdhane, Peer-Olaf Richter, and Senior Gallery Manager Clémence Vichard. taken in Paris, France by @herbert_list

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We are printing in the darkroom for an upcoming exhibition in Paris. More details soon. by @herbert_list

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Fishermen on the Tiber river in front of Ponte San Angelo. Rome, Italy. 1949. taken in Rome, Italy by @herbert_list

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Herbert List’s exhibition ‚HOCUS POCUS – von Leib und Stein‘ will be on view for just a few more days. Don’t miss the chance to view the photographs.

until April 17th 2026

©️ Herbert List ‚Piräus‘, Griechenland 1937 / Courtesy @jb_photokunst

#herbertlist #b&w #analoguephotography #darkroomworks #icons taken in Fasanenstraße by @herbert_list

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The year 1936 was a turning point for Herbert List: in the year following the enactment of the Nuremberg Race Laws, his private life came under general suspicion. Artist friends such as Erika and Klaus Mann and Andreas Feininger had fled, and List, who also had Jewish roots, received warnings that the Gestapo was monitoring his openly gay lifestyle and his contempt for the Nazis.

Without further hesitation, he left his homeland and his life as a coffee merchant behind. The transition from the life of a merchant to the adventure of an artist’s life under the Mediterranean sun, however, proved to be a successful step forward. The passionate amateur photographer became a professional amateur. Many of his iconic works were photographed during his odyssey through Europe during the Nazi era: such as ‘Four Boys in the Sun’, Italy 1936, ‘Young Men’, Croatia 1937, ‘Torso of a Young Man’, Greece 1938, or ‘THIRST’, Greece 1939

© Herbert List ‚Durst‘, Phaleron, Griechenland 1939
© Herbert List ‚Torso eines jungen Mannes‘, vermutlich Griechenland 1938
© Herbert List ‚Junge Männer bei Split‘, Kroatien, August 1937
© Herbert List ‚Vier Jungs in der Sonne‘, Portofino 1936

on display in our current exhibition

HERBERT LIST
“Hocus Pocus – of Body and Stone”

until 17 April 2026

#herbertlist #photography #b&w #1930 #icons taken in Fasanenstraße by @herbert_list

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Wishing you all a peaceful and happy Easter !
We’ll be open for business again on Tuesday during our usual opening hours. We look forward to welcoming you.

© Herbert List ‚Young men under a reed roof‘, Torremolinos, Spanien, 1951

#herbertlist #portrait #b&w #analoguephotography #collectorsitem taken in Fasanenstraße by @herbert_list

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The @magnumphotos Square Print Sale ends tomorrow.

Link in bio.

Odyssey is a journey - across landscapes, through time, and within ourselves. This sale traces moments of passage: the road taken, the crossing of borders, and the pull of the unknown. In partnership with The Photographers’ Gallery (@thephotographersgallery), and featuring over 100 photographs chosen by the artists themselves, it reveals many paths of discovery across places and generations.

Over 100 featured images are available as signed or estate-stamped, museum-quality 6x6“ prints online for one week only, priced from $110/£110/€120.⁠

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Herbert List: Kitten. Liguria, Italy, 1936. by @herbert_list

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©️ Herbert List ‚Young man behind curtain‘, Probably Ascona, Switzerland 1936 - capturing a surreal and intimate, homoerotic atmosphere. Featuring a subject draped in fabric, this image belongs to his early work. List, a master of „Fotografia Metafísica,“ used strong light and shadow to create intimate, dreamlike scenes. The photograph showcases his fascination with the human form, influenced by classical art and the avant-garde movement of the 1930s.

The exhibition HOCUS POCUS - of Body and Stone with photographs by Herbert List is on display until April 17th 2026!

#herbertlist #portrait #blackandwhiteonly #icon #collectorsitem taken in Fasanenstraße by @herbert_list

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Herbert List: Kitten. Liguria, Italy, 1936.

Link to buy the print in bio.

For the 27th Square Print Sale Magnum photographers explore the theme Odyssey, presented in partnership with The Photographers’ Gallery. Running from March 23 to March 29, the collection traces journeys of movement and discovery — across landscapes, borders, and the pull of the unknown.

@magnumphotos @peter_celestus #analogue #kitten #cat #queerart taken in Liguria, Italy by @herbert_list

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‚One of List’s most iconic images, MAN and DOG was taken in the summer of 1936, the year Herbert List left Germany to flee impending prosecution. His first travel took him to Switzerland and then to Italy, before he settled in Greece the following year.
He spent some time in Liguria, especially on the Riviera between Rapallo, Santa Margherita and Portofino. There List befriended some Italians, who had a dog called Nero - the Dalmatian in these photographs.’ @herbert_list

©️ Herbert List ‚Herr und Hund‘, Portofino 1936

on display in our current exhibition HOCUS POCUS - of Body and Stone with photographs by Herbert List

#herbertlist #herbertlistphotography #icons #collectorsitem #blackandwhite taken in Fasanenstraße by @herbert_list

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