Angelika Platen

Angelika Platen (born in 1942 in Heidelberg) is a German photographer known for her artist portraits.

Angelika Platen studied Art History and Romance & Oriental Studies at the Free University of Berlin. She then specialized in Photography at the School of Fine Arts in Hamburg.

In 1968, she established herself as an independent photographer and photojournalist. She displayed her photographs for the first time in 1969 in an exhibition entitled "Artists are also humans".

From 1972 to 1975, she managed the Günter Sachs Gallery in Hamburg. During this period, she photographed more than sixty artists. Her passion for artist’s portraits was born.

• 1998: Modern Art Museum, Frankfurt
• 2001: Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, « Platen Artists »; Museum of Arts and Crafts, Hamburg
• 2003: Museum Fries, Leeuwarden – « Platen Artists »
• 2004: Modern Art Gallery, Bologne
• 2005: Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, « Sigmar Polke – Mitten in der Luft »
• 2006: Suermondt -Ludwig Museum, Aachen, Große Sprünge; City Gallery, Prag
• 2008: Exhibition at the Art Library in Berlin - « Unsterblich! Das Foto des Künstlers » Catalog published by the editing company of the Berlin State Museums