There was a time in the beginning of the 80s where I saw that to make movies was more than photography. How did your time in television and film influence the way you work or what subjects you choose?
You haven’t always been in Berlin, before you became a photographer you spent some time in San Francisco and studied television, even working as an assistant director and set photographer.
It’s a big city, we live right in the middle with so much around us and it’s very inspiring.Ģ. A lot of cultures mix here and the city has changed a lot in the last few decades. You are Berlin-based, what do you love about the city?īerlin is a very international city and I think it’s very inspiring. From her Berlin studio she spoke to me about the modern woman’s power, lessons she learnt from Berenice Abbott and Monica Bellucis’ eyelashes.ġ. With a retrospective at the Helmut Newton Foundation, this year has been a chance to look back at some of her most renowned works, as well as a time to capture the images of a new generation. By capturing each person in the same way, she creates a realer sense of polarity as though we are being introduced to them as a collection of friends. In her portraits, it’s their similarities which makes their differences most striking. Kleber poses and centers her subjects in the same ways, illuminating the differences between them best, by comparison. It’s contrast which brings life to much of Kleber’s work, whether it’s one portrait next to another on a gallery wall, or a subject who stands out against their backdrop, each work appears to have the next in mind. Her portraits of stars are well known for communicating a distinct sense of their personality and a closeness with the camera, but when her lens shifts on to unfamous subjects, more poignant and intimate stories also emerge. With a career that spans over two decades, her work has engulfed both the changes of the world and people. Best known for her striking portraits of Berlinale stars, Birgit Kleber, a freelance photographer for over 20 years, has mastered the art of capturing still shots of consciousness.
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