Since 1968, the major focus of Angelika Platen's black-and-white photography has been the dialogue with people who are creating art: artists' portraits, which at the same time throw light on the work of the model as well as his habit. Until 1975 Platen's camera banned numerous artists who became famous in those days.
At the end of the 1990's, when Angelika Platen had a show with her artists' portraits at the Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt, she went back to her starting point and again to… more