GABO
“ Truth – the most beautiful picture.“ GABO, famed as one of Germany’s leading people photographers, has been creating soulful portraits of celebrities from the wo rlds of music, sports, movies, television and politics for more than 20 years. Ever y private photo session with GABO lets time stand still. She focuses on each of her images to underscore the subject’s sense of self confidence. When the artist arrives on set like a cowgirl at a campfire, she immediately establishes a warm, friendly atmosphere with her honest charm. One just can’t escape her boisterous, fresh style. GABO’s emotional and poetic style guarantees unique atmospheres - sometimes eye-catching, sometimes subtly erotic. Now she is offering to capture YOUR personal moments in life. GABO also creates your professional portrait, for building a prestige image and for advertising - bring ing in her highly professional production team for hair & make-up, styling and image consulting as well as set de sign and construction. A variety of media output formats can then be chosen for the completed work: photographic prints, framed images or even as a deluxe, printed book. - Michael Hawk
“The way you look at others is the way they will look back. Photography’s about mirroring.” – GABO
“When she likes someone, she goes on a trip, discovering the face behind the face that everyone knows.� - Veronica Ferres
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„The Mistress Of Light“ – Süddeutsche Tageszeitung
ABO has photographed Helmut Schmidt, Gerhard Schröder and Alice Schwarzer, Peter Ustinov, Warren Beatty, Kevin Costner, Eric Clapton and Yoko Ono, Till chweiger and Moritz Bleibtreu, Veronica Ferres, Esther Schweins, Jasmin Tabatai, Franka Potente and Alexandra Maria Lara; Campino, Nina Hagen, Marius Müller esternhagen and Ronan Keating, Michael Ballack and Oliver Kahn, Joschka Fischer Stern, L’Uomo Vogue, Spiegel, Rolling Stone, Amica, Park Avenue and for Playboy.
“Sometimes i feel you should own a firearms licence for a camera. You can create magic with light, but distort as well.” – GABO
In 1986, GABO received her first assignment from STERN Magazine, which overnight initiated her career as a suc cessful professional photographer: She was sent on tour with Herbert Gröne meyer, resulting in an emotional series of portraits, one of which became the cover shot of STERN, at the time one of the leading German magazines for photography. After that, the legendar y photo-session with German tennis star, Boris Becker took place.. GABO’s stylized black and white photos helped establishing him as an international icon. Since then, she has followed Becker ’s evolving ca reer showing many facets of the sports man. In the late 90s GABO captured Becker as a handsome man with de signer stubble beaming self-confidence from his deep blue eyes – an image that made us feel as if we were looking directly into his ver y heart.
“Humans deserve to be shown in the most beautiful light.” – GABO
With exhibitions of her photography including those at Camerawork Gal l er y, Hamburg, and at the Academy for Visual Arts, Vienna, GABO ranks 4th in Stern’s Top 10 German photographers, following Peter Lindbergh, Jürgen Teller and Ellen von Unwerth (source : www.stern.de). Her pho tography books include “Big Shots”, published by te Neues Verlag. GABO always adhered to the motto; “A refined spirit creates a refined face. Beautiful individuals aren’t wrinkle free and polished. They’ve simply lived well. They’re not envious or vindictive, all of which makes a person unattractive.”
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Contact: Eva Machnitzke +49 (0)40 27 80 64 00 eva@evamachnitzke.de
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Why you might ask GABO to capture YOU in the right light? Freddie Mercury: “You can be a total wreck, but with the right photographer, you’ll be immortal.”