Peter Landow
author
Dr. Peter Landow was a German-born author and editor who compiled the significant photographic work 'Natur und Kultur: Das Weib' (Nature and Culture: Woman). Published in Berlin in 1925, the book features 120 photographs of nude women from various nationalities, presented as an anthropological study rather than purely for artistic purposes. The work was subsequently published in French and English editions, with the first English edition appearing in 1926 by Chapman and Hall.[1]
Themes
- anthropology
- photography
- female nude portraiture
Books
Works by Peter Landow
- Natur und Kultur: Das Weib 1925 · Buchverlag der Gesellschaft zur Verbreitung klassischer Kunst · book · German Original publication in Berlin.
- Nature and Culture: Woman 1926 · Chapman and Hall · book · English First English edition.
References
- The Book Merchant Jenkins. 2026 link

