Angelika Platen


Angelika Platen is a German photographer known for her artist portraits.

Biography

Angelika Platen studied Art History and Romance & Oriental Studies at the Free University of Berlin. She then specialized in Photography at the School of Fine Arts in Hamburg.
In 1968, she established herself as an independent photographer and photojournalist. She displayed her photographs for the first time in 1969 in an exhibition entitled "Artists are also humans".
From 1972 to 1975, she managed the Günter Sachs Gallery in Hamburg. During this period, she photographed more than sixty artists. Her passion for artist’s portraits was born.

Exhibitions