Uwe Duettmann

Biography

After studying visual arts in Düsseldorf and subsequent studies at the HFBK in Berlin, Duettmann spent several years as long-term assistant of Hans Hansen and Annie Leibovitz. He then started his own career as a photographer, shooting editorial assignments for magazines such as Tempo, Stern, Rolling Stone, Vogue, L’Uomo Vogue and Elle. After more than 20 years in the business, Uwe Duettmann’s portfolio reveals a wild crazy-quilt of images that raise an eyebrow or spark a smile, featuring everything from serious portraiture and glossy auto shots to bizarre, otherworldly scenarios that could only be conceived by the wackiest of minds.