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Achim Lippoth | Trunk Archive
Background Information about Achim Lippoth | Trunk Archive
Introduction
TRUNK ARCHIVE
TRUNK ARCHIVE is a boutique agency based in New York City that represents the archives of the world's leading fashion, celebrity, still life and landscape photographers. Every artist on their roster is acknowledged as being among the very best in his / her genre. To highlight the impressive diversity of images available at TRUNK ARCHIVE we have selected a group of amazing artists to feature in this launch collection.
Achim Lippoth
Alongside his work as a successful filmmaker for TV advertisements, Achim Lippoth has for many years pursued a personal photographic project depicting scenes of childhood.
Describing his work as “staged photojournalism”, he allows the children in his images to become the main characters, the heroes. They appear as dance students, as monks, as members of a perfectly dressed carnival group, and present themselves in proud, intense poses. His studio photography is carefully staged and the children seem to become the conscious embodiment of their characters, meeting the viewer eye to eye.
Lippoth’s perspective draws us into a child-like world in which the props, the poses, and the costumes are presented and interpreted as comprising a natural unit. The children are captured in a gentle, harmonious light, without having to squint or dodge the glare of the camera´s flash.
Lippoth founded the magazine “Kid’s Wear” in 1995. The publication, which he has produced ever since, has been recognised by the Art Directors Club New York, the Art Directors Club Germany, and the Lead Awards among others.
Christina Wendenburg
TRUNK ARCHIVE is a boutique agency based in New York City that represents the archives of the world's leading fashion, celebrity, still life and landscape photographers. Every artist on their roster is acknowledged as being among the very best in his / her genre. To highlight the impressive diversity of images available at TRUNK ARCHIVE we have selected a group of amazing artists to feature in this launch collection.
Achim Lippoth
Alongside his work as a successful filmmaker for TV advertisements, Achim Lippoth has for many years pursued a personal photographic project depicting scenes of childhood.
Describing his work as “staged photojournalism”, he allows the children in his images to become the main characters, the heroes. They appear as dance students, as monks, as members of a perfectly dressed carnival group, and present themselves in proud, intense poses. His studio photography is carefully staged and the children seem to become the conscious embodiment of their characters, meeting the viewer eye to eye.
Lippoth’s perspective draws us into a child-like world in which the props, the poses, and the costumes are presented and interpreted as comprising a natural unit. The children are captured in a gentle, harmonious light, without having to squint or dodge the glare of the camera´s flash.
Lippoth founded the magazine “Kid’s Wear” in 1995. The publication, which he has produced ever since, has been recognised by the Art Directors Club New York, the Art Directors Club Germany, and the Lead Awards among others.
Christina Wendenburg
Bio
| 1968 | Born in Ilshofen, Germany |
| 1985-1986 | Byrom College, Manchester, UK |
| 1986-1992 | Studied art at University of Cologne, Germany |
| Since 1992 | Freelance photographer |
| Since 1995 | Founder and editor of the magazine „Kid’s Wear“ |
| Lives and works in Cologne, Germany |
Awards
| 2010 | Cannes Lions, Silver Lion, Campaign Savoury Foods |
| AD Print, Winner, Category Luerzer’s Archive Best Use of Photography | |
| 2009 | IPA, 1st Category Winner Photography Book of the Year |
| Cresta Award, Category Magazine | |
| 2008 | ADC Germany, Silver, Category Print |
| 2007 | New York Festivals, Gold World medal, Category Home Entertainment |
| Cannes Lions, Gold Lion | |
| 2006 | Eurobest Award, Gold, Category Print |
| IPA, IPA Professional Photgrapher of the Year | |
| 2003 | Lead Award, Gold, Fashion & Lifestyle Photography |
Publications
Life Magazine, USA
New York Times Magazine, USA
GQ, USA
Die Zeit, Deutschland
Stern, Deutschland
Vogue Nippon, Japan
Vogue Ninos, Spanien
Vogue Bambini, Italien
Vogue, Italien
Eyemazing, Niederlande
New York Times Magazine, USA
GQ, USA
Die Zeit, Deutschland
Stern, Deutschland
Vogue Nippon, Japan
Vogue Ninos, Spanien
Vogue Bambini, Italien
Vogue, Italien
Eyemazing, Niederlande
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
| 2010 | 1954, Galerie Paris – Bejing, Paris, Frankreich |
| 2009 | Achim Lippoth – Pictures, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, USA |
| 2008 | Achim Lippoth & Kid’s Wear Magazine, Gallery Speak For, Tokio, Japan |
| Storytelling, Fahey/ Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, USA | |
| 2007 | Kindheit – Fotografien von Achim Lippoth, Galerie im Prediger, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Deutschland |
| 2006 | Kinderfotografen – Achim Lippoth and his Art Collection, Rudolf-Scharpf-Gallery, Ludwigshafen, Deutschland |
| 2005 | Kinderzenen – Scenes from Childhood, John Stevenson Gallery, New York, USA |
| 2004 | Kinder der Gezeiten, Gallery Viaux, Hamburg, Deutschland |
Group Exhibitions
| 2010 | Proof, Catherine Edelman, Chicago, USA |
| Small Adults, Shay Arye Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel | |
| (Out of) Control, BIP 2010, Liège, Belgium | |
| 2008 | Posing, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Germany |
| IPA Best of Show, Farmani Gallery, New York, USA | |
| 2007 | VisualLeader, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany |
| 2005 | Fashionation – Between Art and Fashion, National Museum of Photography, Bradford, UK |
| 2004 | Kinder, Gallery Priska Pasquer, Cologne, Germany |
| 2003 | Images Against War, Gallery Lichtblick, Cologne, Germany |
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