Rolf von Bergmann

Biography

Rolf von Bergmann (1953–1988) was a German photographer shaped by the West Berlin art scene around the Galerie am Moritzplatz. He documented queer subculture and the art, fashion and club scene of the 1970s and 1980s in West Berlin and New York, where he studied with Lisette Model at Parsons School of Design. He photographed figures such as Klaus Nomi, Nina Hagen, Divine, John Waters, Debbie Harry and Andy Warhol, and died in 1988 during the AIDS crisis.