Erotic Ladyland

Text in English & German. Uwe Ommer was born in 1943 in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. He won the German youth prize for photography in 1962 and since then has lived in Paris. Here he worked as assistant to Jean Pierre Ronzel, the famous photographer. Since the 1970s, Uwe Ommer has become one of the worlds most sought-after commercial photographers, working for Charles Jourdan (who produced the most expensive shoes of the 70s and 80s). His aesthetic nudes have been published in "Lui", "Esquire", "Zoom" and "Photographie" magazines. Many books such as "Black Ladies", "Exotic", "Asian Ladies", "Do it Yourself" as well as the Pirelli Calendar have made his exotic, erotic photographs especially popular. The volume called "1000 Families" contained photos by Ommer of families from all over the world, each taken in front of a neutral, white background. In 2002, Uwe Ommer received a lifetime achievement award from the Royal Photographic Society. The large-format book entitled "50 Years of Erotic Photography" presents not only some of his more famous photos, but also several previously unpublished works, all selected from the rich back catalogue of this master of erotic photography.