Helga Kneidl (1939)
1939-09-29Dresden, Germany
Helga Kneidl
Helga Kneidl, née Claus, is a German photographer.
Helga worked as a dancer in her youth and married stage designer Karl Kneidl in 1961. She then learned theater photography in Zurich and worked in theaters as a staff photographer. Helga Kneidl gradually gained a reputation for taking portraits of many famous people, and her work was published in newspapers and magazines.
In May 1973, Helga Kneidl spent three full days with actress Romy Schneider in Paris, taking a series of photographic portraits of her.
Since 1997, Helga Kneidl lives in Berlin and works mainly in portrait photography.
Date and place of birt: | 29 september 1939, Dresden, Germany |
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Period of activity: | XX, XXI century |
Specialization: | Photographer |
Genre: | Documentary photography, Genre art, Portrait, Street Photography |
Art style: | Post War Art, Black & white photo, Contemporary art |