Bernard Pierre Wolff

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Bernard Pierre Wolff (1930 – 28 January 1985) was a French-born American photographer.[1][2][3] In the 1950s and 1960s he worked as an art director, and from the 1970s worked as a photographer travelling and taking photographs of people. He made street photographs in New York City in the 1970s. His photographs of monumental sculpture were used as cover artwork for music by Joy Division in 1980. All of his work is held by the Maison européenne de la photographie in Paris, which exhibited it in 2017.

Life and work

From 1955 to 1958 Wolff worked at the

Cinémathèque Française in Paris as assistant to its director, Henri Langlois.[4] He moved to New York City in the late 1950s and worked as art director at the Foreign Policy Association for 18 years.[4] From 1974, for more than four years, he made street photographs in New York City.[1][5] From the mid 1970s he worked as a professional photographer for various United Nations organisations, travelling and photographing people.[4]

Designers

Peter Saville and Martyn Atkins used Wolff's 1978 photographs of monumental sculpture in the Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno in Genoa, Italy as cover artwork for music releases by Joy Division in 1980. His photograph of the Appiani family tomb was used for the album Closer[6][7] and his photograph of the Ribaudo family tomb was used on the 12" version of the single "Love Will Tear Us Apart".[8]

Death and legacy

Wolff died as a result of AIDS,[9] age 54, on 28 January 1985.[1][4]

All of his work now belongs to the Maison européenne de la photographie in Paris.[1]

Publications

Exhibitions

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Bernard Pierre Wolff". Maison Européenne de la Photographie. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  2. ^ "Bernard Pierre Wolff". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  3. ^ "Bernard Pierre Wolff". The Eye of Photography Magazine. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
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  7. ^ "Peter Saville, Martyn Atkins, Bernard Pierre Wolff. Album cover for Joy Division, Closer. 1980". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  8. ^ "Factory Records: FAC 23 Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart". factoryrecords.org. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  9. ^ "Bernard Pierre Wolff (Catalogue)". galeriebabylone.com. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  10. ^ "archives.nypl.org -- Midtown Y Photography Gallery records". archives.nypl.org. Retrieved 2021-08-13.