Heinz Bertelsmann

photographer

American[1] active 1950–1989

Heinz Bertelsmann was an American photographer who worked alongside his wife, Elizabeth Bertelsmann. The couple is known for their artistic photography that explores patterns and beauty in everyday details such as rust, asphalt, signboards, walls, trees, lichen, stone, and water. Their work often focuses on unique and up-close compositions of normal images.[1,2]

  • patterns
  • everyday details
  • abstract color

Books

Works by Heinz Bertelsmann

  • 1981 The Eye of the Beholder Hudson Hills Press · book · English · ISBN 0933920202 Color photographs by Heinz and Elizabeth Bertelsmann.

Exhibitions

  • 1963 Abstracts in Color Panoras Gallery · group

References

  1. Hudson Hills Press. 1981
  2. The New York Times. 1963 link