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Pabel, Hilmar
(1910-2000)Album of reportage photos taken by Hilmar Pabel

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 4.12.2024

Album of reportage photos taken on various trips by Hilmar Pabel. Late 1950s/early 1960s. 48 vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver prints. Each circa 23 x 17 cm, 17 x 17 cm and 17 x 13 cm. Mounted on album pages, bound in contemporary green cloth album (slightly soiled, spine minimally faded). First page with handwritten dedication by Hilmar Pabel to his father for his 75th birthday in ball-point pen, signed and dated "1961".

Hilmar Pabel was the first German reportage photographer to receive the “Kulturpreis für Photographie” in 1961. This album features an extraordinary collection of images from Pabel’s travels to various countries, including Saudi Arabia, where he captured King Saud and his favorite son, Prince Mashhur, as well as the wedding of King Hussein of Jordan and his English-born wife, Princess Muna, along with intimate family moments. The collection also includes photographs from Pabel’s trip to Africa, Pablo Picasso at the bullfights in Spain, and a renowned image of John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Nikita Khrushchev, and his wife at a reception in Vienna in 1961. Many of these images have become iconic in the field of reportage photography. – Most photos in very good condition.