pictures by OLIVIER ZAHM
with a portfolio by NIC TENWIGGENHORN
German photographer Nic Tenwiggenhorn has been taking black-and-white pictures of artists since the early ’70s. His portraits of the avant-garde art scene, like those published here, capture a time when artists incarnated integrity, intellectual resistance, solitude, narcissism, and political opposition.
All images by Nic Tenwiggenhorn, taken from the catalogue “Der Fotograf Nic Tenwiggenhorn,” published by Schirmer/Mosel, 2016, copyright ADAGP, Paris, 2017
Brigitta Rohrbach, Paris 1981, photo Nic Tenwiggenhorn
Craig McDean and Anna Cleveland at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Karley Sciortino at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Ali Michael at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Carlotta Kohl, Petra Collins, Paris Hilton, Jeanette Hayes, and Karley Sciortino at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Thistle Brown and Lili Sumner at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Olivier Zahm and Paris Hilton at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Jack Walls and Hari Nef at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
India Menuez and Haley Wollens at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Caroline Vreeland, Nicky Hilton, Paris Hilton, and Shea Marie at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Olivier Zahm, Terry Richardson, and Ursina Gysi at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Nellie Blue at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Jamie Bochert, Sofia Malamute, and Paul Hameline at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Cedric Buchet at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Lindsey Wixson and a friend at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Reba Maybury at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Carly Mark and Ali Michael at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Inez van Lamsweerde at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Jack Pierson and Haley Wollens at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Jade Berreau and Olivier Zahm at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Jay Massacret and Caroline Gaimari at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Craig McDean and Mark Borthwick at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Martin Kippenberger at the Schmäke foundry, Düsseldorf, 1994 photo Nic Tenwiggenhorn
Sandy Kim at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Noomi Rapace and Sophie Aschauer at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Georgia Ford, Karley Sciortino, Derek Blasberg, and Hailey Gates at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Olivier Zahm and Caroline Vreeland at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Caroline Vreeland and Shea Marie at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Paul Sevigny, Mary Frey, and Glenn O’Brien at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Zana Bayne and Todd Pendu at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Wade Oates at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Alexandre de Betak and Sofia Sanchez de Betak at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Hannelore Knuts at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Anna Cleveland and Reba Maybury at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Natalie White and Max Snow at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Nellie Blue at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Ruby Aldridge and Ali Michael at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Sex God at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Cléo Le-Tan at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Jeanette Hayes, Olivier Zahm, and Heather Boo at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Caroline Vreeland at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Paul Hameline at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Waris Ahluwalia and Karley Sciortino at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Natalie White at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Sky Ferreira at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Lindsey Wixson and a friend at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Maripol at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Georgia Ford and Francisco Costa at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Paul Sevigny and Jack Walls at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Georgia Ford and Donald Cumming at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Walter Pearce and Clara Deshayes at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Jack Walls and Donald Cumming at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Alexis Dahan and Joey Jalleo at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Olivier Zahm and Camille Bidault-Waddington at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
The barman at Narcissa at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Sophie Aschauer and Karley Sciortino at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Waris Ahluwalia and Karley Sciortino at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Paul Sevigny, Natalie White, and Maripol at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Paul Sevigny, Sophie Aschauer, and Natalie White at the Purple dinner with Zana Bayne x & Other Stories at Narcissa, New York, September 2016
Maurizio Cattelan and Damir Doma at the Purple dinner with Santoni at Trattoria Torre Di Pisa, Milan
Caroline Vreeland and Doina Ciobanu at the Purple dinner with Santoni at Trattoria Torre Di Pisa, Milan
Lily McMenamy at the Purple dinner with Santoni at Trattoria Torre Di Pisa, Milan
Caroline Vreeland at the Purple dinner with Santoni at Trattoria Torre Di Pisa, Milan
Giuseppe Santoni and Caroline Vreeland at the Purple dinner with Santoni at Trattoria Torre Di Pisa, Milan
Caroline Vreeland and Doina Ciobanu at the Purple dinner with Santoni at Trattoria Torre Di Pisa, Milan
Maddalena Tedeschi and Fabio Montobbio at the Purple dinner with Santoni at Trattoria Torre Di Pisa, Milan
Giorgia Tordini and Olivier Zahm at the Purple dinner with Santoni at Trattoria Torre Di Pisa, Milan
Massimo Torrigiani and Karla Otto at the Purple dinner with Santoni at Trattoria Torre Di Pisa, Milan
Silvia Bertocchi at the Purple dinner with Santoni at Trattoria Torre Di Pisa, Milan
Tattoo artist at the Purple dinner with Santoni at Trattoria Torre Di Pisa, Milan
Robert Rabensteiner at the Purple dinner with Santoni at Trattoria Torre Di Pisa, Milan
Erinna König, 1982, photo Nic Tenwiggenhorn
Grace Hartzel at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Jean-Jacques Schuhl and Vincent Darré at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Goga Ashkenazi at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Vincent Darré and Cédric Rivrain at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Arielle Dombasle, Goga Ashkenazi, and Bernard-Henri Lévy at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Lily McMenamy at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Olivier Zahm and Bernard-Henri Lévy at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Zoë Le Ber, Tilda Lindstam, and a friend at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Lou Doillon at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Sasha Melnychuck at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Lily McMenamy and Derek Blasberg at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Sita Abellán and Sasha Melnychuck at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Giasco Bertoli at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Lili Sumner at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Stella Schnabel and Camille Bidault-Waddington at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Lili Sumner and Grace Hartzel with the chef at Brasserie Lipp at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Melvil Poupaud at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Olivier Zahm and Hari Nef at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Elie Top at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Camille Bidault-Waddington at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Ingrid Caven and Olivier Zahm at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Simon and Michaela de Pury at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Arizona Muse at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Catherine Baba and Jean-Charles de Castelbajac at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Stella Schnabel at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Ashley W. Simpson, Tamy Glauser, and Bianca O’Brien at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Alice Aufray at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Hari Nef and Ines Rau at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Alix Angjeli and Bianca O’Brien at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Harri Peccinotti and Petite Meller at the Purple dinner with Vionnet and Belvedere at Brasserie Lipp, Paris
Sita Abellán at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
Kenneth Anger and Amanda Wall at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
Willie Maldonado at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
Jonas and Janina Tåhlin with Amanda Wall at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
Olivier Zahm and Doug Aitken at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
Federico Spadoni and Vanessa Beecroft at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
Camille Rowe at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
Olivier Zahm and Eugenia Kuzmina at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
J.D. King and Linda Ramone at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
Dustin Dollin and Christian Rosa at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
Annabel Mehran at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
Amanda Wall and Sita Abellán at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
Kenneth Anger and Olivier Zahm at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
Sylvère Lotringer and Kenny Scharf at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
Eugenia Kuzmina at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
Mary Charteris at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
India Menuez at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
Olivier Zahm and Amanda Wall at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
Camille Rowe and Erin Meehan at the Purple dinner with Milk Make-up at Milk Studios, Los Angeles
Anna Giese, 1989 photo Nic Tenwiggenhorn
Imi Knoebel and Joseph Beuys at Heiner Friedrich Gallery, Cologne, 1977, photo Nic Tenwiggenhorn
[Table of contents]
by Karley Sciortino
by Daniel Pinchbeck
by Éric Troncy
By Glenn O’Brien
By John Jefferson Selve
By Angelo Flaccavento
By Olivier Zahm
By Miltos Manetas
by Aaron Rose
by Olivier Zahm
by Olivier Zahm
by Jérôme Sans
By Terry Richardson
by Camille Vivier
by Jack Pierson
by Casper Sejersen
By Sandy Kim
By Pierre-Ange Carlotti
By Olivier Zahm
by Hajime Sawatari
By Andreas Larsson
By Benoit Peverelli
by Jerome Sans
by Gianni Oprandi
By Maxime Ballesteros
By Vanessa Beecroft