Herbert Hoffmann (December 30, 1919 in Freienwalde in Pomerania - June 30, 2010 in Heiden, Switzerland) was a German tattoo artist and photographer.[1]
Hoffmann as photographer
From 1961 he produced professional photographic works in his Hamburg tattoo studio. Thus Herbert Hoffmann portrayed almost 400 tattoos within three decades with a Rolleiflex, born between 1878 and 1952.[2]
His photographic work has been represented by Galerie Gebr. Lehmann since 2004.[3]
"The portraits are staged with great formal care and seriousness. The result is the image of a subculture that has its roots in the gay scene and among sailors and dock workers, but which goes far beyond it."
- ELKE BUHR, MONOPOL-MAGAZIN 2018
solo exhibitions (selection)
2018: Es juckt schon wieder unter dem Fell, Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, St. Gallen
2013: Herbert Hoffmann, Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf
2011: Herbert Hoffmann, Galerie Susanne Zander, Köln
2010: St. Pauli Souvenirs, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Berlin
2010: Living Pictures, Ten Haaf Projects, Amsterdam
2006: Unter die Haut – Fotografie und Tatauierkunst des Herbert Hoffmann, Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden