Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Peter Berlin is a relative of the celebrated fashion photographer George Hoyningen-Huene. Raised in Germany, Berlin received post-secondary education as a photo-technician, and in his early 20s worked as a celebrity portraitist for German television. However, it was around this time that he curiously began designing and sewing his own skin-tight clothing, which he would wear as he cruised the parks and train stations in Berlin, Rome, Paris, New York and San Francisco.
After several long-term stays on the east coast of the United States, Berlin eventually moved to San Francisco in 1969 and became a fixture on the steep streets with his signature look and perpetual posing. He soon began producing films and starred in the now iconic Nights in Black Leather (1973), co-directed by Richard Abel. Berlin then produced, directed and starred in That Boy the following year, and made four shorter films through the mid- to late-1970s, while publishing and selling his photographic self-portraits.
Peter Berlin was the subject of several Robert Mapplethorpe photographs, three drawings by Tom of Finland, and at least one portrait by Andy Warhol, attesting to his worldwide celebrity.
1970s Contemporary Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Silver Gelatin
1970s Other Art Style Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Archival Pigment
1970s Other Art Style Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Silver Gelatin
1970s Contemporary Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Silver Gelatin
1970s Other Art Style Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Archival Pigment
1970s Other Art Style Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Archival Pigment
1970s Other Art Style Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Archival Pigment
1970s Contemporary Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Silver Gelatin
1970s Contemporary Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Paint, Silver Gelatin
1970s Other Art Style Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Silver Gelatin
1970s Other Art Style Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Silver Gelatin
1970s Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Paint, Silver Gelatin
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Silver Gelatin
1960s Contemporary Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
1980s Contemporary Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Archival Pigment
1960s Pop Art Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Silver Gelatin
1990s Contemporary Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Archival Pigment
1980s Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Archival Pigment
Early 2000s Contemporary Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Archival Pigment
Early 2000s Contemporary Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Archival Pigment
2010s Contemporary Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Archival Pigment, Other Medium
Early 2000s Contemporary Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Silver Gelatin
1960s Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
1960s Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
1970s Contemporary Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Paint, Silver Gelatin
1970s Contemporary Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Oil, C Print
1970s Contemporary Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Paint, Silver Gelatin
1970s Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Paint, Silver Gelatin
1970s Contemporary Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Paint, C Print
1970s Contemporary Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Paint, Silver Gelatin
1970s Contemporary Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Paint, Silver Gelatin
1970s Contemporary Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Paint, Silver Gelatin
1970s Contemporary Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Paint, Silver Gelatin
1970s Other Art Style Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Archival Pigment
1970s Pop Art Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Archival Pigment
1970s Other Art Style Peter Berlin Portrait Photography
Silver Gelatin