Frank Horvat

Marie-Paule, Dye Transfer Print, 1984

1984

Set of 2 Photographs Aventure d'une libertine, 2015 From The Secret Album Series Overall Frame size: 20.5 H x 28.5 W x 1 D in. Overall Sheet size: 17.7 H x 24 W in. Individual size: ...

Elio Uno and Dos, Diptych by Ricky Cohete From The Nostalgic Series Archival Pigment Print Overall size: 30 in H x 40 in W. Individual size: 30 in H x 20 in W. Edition of 13 + 1AP Un...

Aventure d'une libertine I, Paris, 2015 From The Secret Album Series Edition 6/6 ex. 5 AP. Unframed The Secret Album Series This series is born from a personal experience. The mode...

Aventure d'une libertine XII, Paris, 2015 From The Secret Album Series Edition 6/6 ex. 5 AP. Unframed The Secret Album Series This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the series was born, with a more erotic style than the others. _______________________________ Born in Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany, Uwe Ommer became fascinated with photography at a young age. Initially sparked by his interest in photographing birds, he received his first camera at age 14 and began experimenting with his limited equipment. By the time Ommer was 18, he had given up on birds but was improving his skills as a photographer. He began working as an apprentice in a camera shop and soon picked up side projects for local papers, shooting everything from car accidents to weddings, when staff photographers were unavailable. In 1962, Ommer was awarded the first Deutscher Jugend Photo Preis (German Youth Photo Prize) at Photokina 1962 for his photograph of children playing soccer. The following year, he left for Paris (for only one year to learn French, he insisted) and began working as an assistant to advertising photographer Jean Pierre Ronzel. While Ommer did perfect his French, he never did leave Paris. In 1966 he opened his own photography studio, primarily shooting fashion and advertising photos for small women’s magazines. Quickly gaining respect for his work in Paris, Ommer began showing in local galleries and eventually published his first book. In 1995, Ommer drastically changed gears and decided to embark on a project unlike anything he had ever done before – a project, unlike anything anyone had ever done before. As a personal challenge, he set out the following year to document all types of families on every continent at the turn of the millennium. With a Landrover, Rolleiflex camera...

'Catherine Wilke' 1980 Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers at the Hotel Punta Tragara on the island of Capri, Italy, 1980. Paper size 30 x 40 inches / 76 x 102 cm Estat...

Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Countess on Deck Countess Gioia Gaetani-Lovatelli relaxes on deck during a yachting holiday in Porto Rotondo, 1982. Paper size very large 72 x 4...

'Catherine Wilke' 1980. Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers on the island of Capri. 20 x 16" inches / 51 x 41 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...

'Cabaret Dolphin' 1979 by Alain Le Garsmeur Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print A performer at the Moulin Rouge Cabaret swimming with a dolphin in a tank, Clichy, Paris, France,...