Cathleen Naundorf Explained

Cathleen Naundorf
Birth Place:Weissenfels, Germany
Occupation:Fine Art Photographer
Website:https://cathleennaundorf.com/

Cathleen Naundorf (born 13 April 1968 in Weißenfels)[1] is a contemporary artist and fine art photographer. She lives in Paris and London.

Life

Born in Weißenfels,[2] Naundorf moved from the German Democratic Republic to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1985. From 1990 to 1992 she studied in Munich at the Municipal College for Design with a focus on graphics, painting and photography.[3]

From 1990, Naundorf assisted in photography studios in Munich, Berlin, Paris, New York City and Singapore. In the early 1990s, she traveled on behalf of different book publishers as a reportage photographer.

From 1989, Naundorf focused her creative interest and art direction in fashion photography commuting between projects in New York City and Paris.

In 1998 she settled permanently in Paris and opened her studio and a second studio in London 2015.

Photography

Her early work as a reportage photographer concentrated on ethnic groups in Central and East Asia and South America. She lived and worked with indigenous peoples like the Yanomami, Mongols and Kazakhs in the Altai Highlands and with shamans in Yakutia, Siberia.[4] [5] Her photographs have been published in National Geographic, GEO and Globo.

In the end of the 1980s Naundorf met the fashion photographer Horst P. Horst in New York, who became her mentor.[6] [7] In 1997, she began to photograph backstage for Condé Nast during various Paris fashion shows.[8]

Naundorf worked on photo series with the working title "Un rêve de mode", focussing on Haute couture fashion houses such as Dior, Chanel, Valentino, Gaultier, Elie Saab and Armani.[9]

A collaboration with the Réunion des Musées Nationaux led to photo series staged at the Grand Palais,[10] at the National Museum of Natural History[11] as well as series at Château de Malmaison.[12] The works fuse French historical architecture with Parisian fashion themes. From 2010, Naundorf worked with the Musée Rodin in Paris, and at the Musée Rodin de Meudon.

She collaborated several times with the interior designer Didier Gomez and the Sofitel Paris Hotel,[13] as well as with Parisian jewellers.[14] Since 2012 Naundorf has been working with Valentino Garavani on various projects such as "An Italian Story - Au Chateau de Wideville"[15] [16] and the campaign for Valentino's Somerset House exhibition "Valentino: Master of Couture".[17] Several projects with the Victoria and Albert Museum[18] followed in 2014 like for the exhibition "Horst - Photographer of Style".[19]

Since 2000 she works among others for Vogue, Tatler, Harper's Bazaar.[20]

Works from her collaborations with fashion houses like Dior, Valentino, Chanel and Armani were published in the photo book Haute Couture. The Polaroids of Cathleen Naundorf in 2012.

The 2018 publication of Women of Singular beauty – Chanel Haute Couture by Cathleen Naundorf covered over 15 years of Naundorf's collaboration with the fashion house Chanel.[21]

In 2016 she won the American Photography Award.[22]

In 2018 Fotografiska in Stockholm exhibited under the title Secret times, 100 large size photographs, her camera, private diaries and set design.[23]

Naundorf's photographs are at public and private collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum,[24] London and the Musée Rodin, Paris.[25] [26]

Exhibitions

Selected solo exhibitions[27]

Selected group exhibitions

Publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cathleen Naundorf artnet. 4 June 2020. www.artnet.com.
  2. Web site: Cathleen Naundorf Paintings & Artwork for Sale Cathleen Naundorf Art Value Price Guide. 4 June 2020. www.invaluable.com.
  3. Cathleen Naundorf. Art + Fashion. 1.10.2010 - 30.1.2011, [exhibition brochure], Museen der Stadt Kornwestheim, 2010.
  4. News: Brita. Sachs. 8 July 2012. Ganz ohne digitale Tricks. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 27 September 2021.
  5. Web site: Somerset House. 29 November 2012. Valentino: Master of Couture. live. 25 September 2021. somersethouse.org.uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20170331080232/https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/valentino-master-couture . 31 March 2017 .
  6. Susanna . Brown . 2014 . Horst: Photographers of Style. The Legacy Lives On . V&A Magazine . 35 . 48–52.
  7. Sanson. Anna. 2016. Cathleen Naundorf. White Wall Magazine, USA. 17 September 2021.
  8. News: Jeammet. Corinne. 7 January 2016. Les éthérés polaroïds aux effluves couture de Cathleen Naundorf, à New York. France TV Info. 28 September 2021.
  9. Book: Naundorf. Cathleen. Haute Couture. The Polaroids of Cathleen Naundorf. Harder. Matthias. Prestel. 2012. 978-3-7913-51551. Stehmann. Ira. New York, München.
  10. Book: Naundorf. Cathleen. Women of Singular Beauty: Chanel Haute Couture by Cathleen Naundorf. Neutres. Jérôme. Rizzoli. 2018. 978-0-8478-6348-8. New York.
  11. News: Rousseau. Caroline. 6 June 2012. Polas "haute couture". La photographe Cathleen Naundorf sort un beau livre qui porte bien son nom, tant par son sujet que par la technique employée.. Le Figaro. 25 September 2021.
  12. News: Stummer. Barbara. 2012. Elle Loves Couture: The Haute Couture ist die Königsdisziplin der Mode - und Cathleen Naundorf ihre Hof-Fotografin. Seit sieben Jahren setzt die Künstlerin große Roben großartig in Szene.. Elle, Germany. 24 September 2021.
  13. Web site: Rivera. Lizzie. 2016-10-04. The designer hotels for Paris fashion week. 2021-06-22. www.standard.co.uk. en.
  14. Web site: Naundorf. Cathleen. 2010. Series: "Les Liaisons Dangereuses". live. 16 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210419153946/https://cathleennaundorf.com/fine-art-photography/photo-works/still-life/ . 19 April 2021 .
  15. News: Szmydke. Paulina. 28 April 2014. Valentino's Secret Garden in Focus. German photographer Cathleen Naundorf unveils photos of vintage couture at designer's lavish Wideville estate.. WWD Women's Wear Daily. 25 September 2021.
  16. Book: Catterall. Claire. Valentino Master of Couture: A Private View. O'Neill. Alistair. Rizzoli. 2012. 9780847840601. New York.
  17. News: Levinson. Lauren. 2 August 2012. Valentino Exhibit to Open The Fall at Somerset House. Elle. 28 September 2021.
  18. Web site: Victoria and Albert Museum. Digital Media . 15 October 2014. Video: Cathleen Naundorf photographs 1930s French couture at the V&A. www.vam.ac.uk. 12 July 2020.
  19. News: Fury. Alexander. 2014. Strike a Pose. Emulated by everyone from Bruce Weber to Madonna, Horst P Horst still retains his title as fashion photography's finest. The Independent Magazine, UK. 25 September 2021.
  20. News: Reiher-Welter. Barbara. July 2012. Haute Couture vorm Kochtopf. Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany. 25 September 2021.
  21. Web site: Boddy. Jessica. 1 October 2018. A Photographer's Dreamy Look at Chanel in Paris. The Cut. 12 July 2020.
  22. Web site: Kavanagh. Nicola. 2017-03-10. Fashion's power women – Glass meets some of the world's most influential photographers – The Glass Magazine. 2021-06-22. en-GB.
  23. Web site: 2018. Cathleen Naundorf Secret Times. live. 28 September 2021. Fotografiska. https://web.archive.org/web/20210928165107/https://old.fotografiska.com/sto/en/news/cathleen-naundorf-secret-times/ . 28 September 2021 .
  24. Web site: V&A Collections. 19 September 2021. Cathleen Naundorf at V&A Collections. live. 19 September 2021. collections.vam.ac.uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20211006101530/https://collections.vam.ac.uk/search/?q=cathleen%20naundorf . 6 October 2021 .
  25. Web site: Musée Rodin, Les collections du Musée Rodin. 2021-10-15. collections.musee-rodin.fr. fr.
  26. Hainer. Caroline. 2018. Modedrömmar I Storformat. Teatrala Scener och Fantasieggande Modehistsorier. Cathleen Naundorfs Fotografi är Grandiost och Spektakulärt. Till och med Hennes Kamera är Storslagen.. Fotografiska, Sweden. 03.2018. 8–10.
  27. Web site: 22 September 2021. Cathleen Naundorf Exhibitions. live. 22 September 2021. cathleennaundorf.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20210419144118/https://cathleennaundorf.com/about/exhibitions/ . 19 April 2021 .

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