wowe
German, b. 1960
A portrait photographer who has created iconic images of major figures in the arts and politics, and brilliantly documented New York’s nightlife, wowe (Wolfgang Wesener) was born in Koeln (Germany) in 1960. After his studies of Design and Communications in Essen, he arrived in New York in 1984. Subsequently, he began a 12-year collaboration taking portraits for the acclaimed FAZ-Magazin supplement to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, moved to Italy in 1990 to work for international magazines and on personal projects and currently lives in New York City. His works have been exhibited in New York, Berlin, Roma, Napoli, Praha, and are present in the most important European collections of photography.
PHOTOGRAPHS ( AND BOOKS )
Andy Warhol
New York City, December 1986
Andy Warhol
New York City, September 1985
Debbie Harry and Andy Warhol
New York City, September 1985
Robin Williams
New York City, September 1985
Grace Jones
New York City, May 1985
Run DMC
New York City, 1987
David Bowie
New York City, March 1987
James Brown
Augusta, Georgia, March 1998
F. Fellini and G. Masina
New York City, March 1986
Rudolf Nureyev
New York City, July 1986
Jean-Michel Basquiat
New York City, May 1985
Jean-Michel Basquiat
New York City, March 1985
T. Chow and J.-M. Basquiat
New York City, May 1986
Keith Haring
New York City, 1986
Keith Haring
New York City, September 1986
wowe At his studio, NYC, September 1986 - Keith Haring
Joseph Beuys
At "documenta", Kassel, 1982
Martin Kippenberger
New York City, October 1984
Norman Mailer
New York City, May 1985
B. B. King
Stuttgart, July 1997
Bruce Willis
May 1985
Frank Zappa
Hollywood, 1987
Nina Simone
New York City, July 1984
Keith Richards
New York City, September 1985
Patti Hansen and Keith Richards
New York City, September 1985
Laurie Anderson
New York City, 1985
Lou Reed
New York City, September 1986
Sugar Ray Leonard
New York City, May 1986
Tom Jones
New York City, May 1985
Nico
New York City, July 1984
Valentino Garavani
Roma, December 1990
Ron Galella
New York City, ca. 1986
Jeanne Moreau
Venezia, September 1992
Robert Plant
New York City, July 1985