Director-photographer and photographer of her directions are perhaps the best words for introducing Leni Riefenstahl.
Oppressed by a definitely uncomfortable historic past as a beautiful woman courted by Goebbels and admired by Hitler; obsessed by her work to the point of becoming blind and unable to understand what was going on around her; guilty of not leaving Germany at a time in history when “everyone” was doing it: intent solely on pursuing that ‘beauty’, that aesthetic sense that is always one of the greatest accusations made against her, with her camera.
from 28 june 2000 to 30 july 2000
Director-photographer and photographer of her directions are perhaps the best words for introducing Leni Riefenstahl.
Oppressed by a definitely uncomfortable historic past as a beautiful woman courted by Goebbels and admired by Hitler; obsessed by her work to the point of becoming blind and unable to understand what was going on around her; guilty of not leaving Germany at a time in history when “everyone” was doing it: intent solely on pursuing that ‘beauty’, that aesthetic sense that is always one of the greatest accusations made against her, with her camera.