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"Everyday Heads", Helmar Lerski (1871-1956) | PhotoAnthology

Everyday Heads

Helmar Lerski (1871-1956)

Anonymous working-class individuals, photographed with dramatic lighting techniques and stripped of social context, to evoke a universal essence.

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Everyday Heads

Helmar Lerski (1871-1956)

Anonymous working-class individuals, photographed with dramatic lighting techniques and stripped of social context, to evoke a universal essence.

Wife of a Chauffeur

Young Trader from the Market

Young Fruit Seller

Vagrant from Silesia

Young Beggar from Bavaria

Young Beggar from Bavaria

Beggar from Saxony

Books

Helmar Lerski: Pionnier de la Lumière

Gallimard, 2018

Faces: The Power of the Human Visage

Hirmer Publishers, 2021

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Metamorphosis through Light

Helmar Lerski (1871-1956)

Study of identity fluidity and perception through a series of 175 portraits of a single individual created with mirrors and natural sunlight.

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