Lena Herzog

Lena Herzog
Lena Herzog
Born	Elena Pisetski 1970 (age 45–46) Ekaterinburg, Russian SFSR
Citizenship	United States
Occupation	Fine art photographer
Notable work	Tauromaquia, Flamenco, Pilgrims, Lost Souls
Spouse(s)	Werner Herzog
Website	lenaherzog.com

Lena Herzog (born Elena Pisetski in 1970 in Yekaterinburg in the Ural Mountains) is a Russian American documentary and fine art photographer.

Herzog moved to Leningrad in 1987 to attend the Philological Faculty of Leningrad University, where she studied languages (English and Spanish) and literature. In 1990 she emigrated to the United States and graduated with a degree in Philosophy from Mills College, specializing in the History and Philosophy of Science. She was also a research consultant at Stanford University.^[1] She started taking photographs in 1997 and studied photographic printing techniques with the Italian master printer Ivan Dalla Tana in Milan and later with French master printer Marc Valesella. She combines some of the very early photographic darkroom processes with contemporary techniques to achieve her desired effects.^[2]

Her work has been published and reviewed in The New Yorker,^[3] The New York Times,^[4] The Los Angeles Times,^[5] The Paris Review,^[6] Harper’s Magazine,^[7] El País,^[8] El Mundo^[9] The Believer,^[10] The British Journal of Photography,^[11] and Cabinet,^[12] among others. Her work has been exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,^[13] Pasadena Museum of California Art,^[14] Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco),^[15] and the International Center of Photography (New York).^[16]

She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, German filmmaker Werner Herzog. They have collaborated on some projects including a book of stills from her husband’s film Bad Lieutenant which was published by Rizzoli in 2009. Werner Herzog wrote the introduction to Lena Herzog’s book Pilgrims, which was released in 2002.

Bibliography

Articles and portfolio Publications

• "Portraits of Super-Fandom, by Lena Herzog," Vanity Fair (2012)
• "The Long Draw," Harper's Magazine (2012)
• "The March of the Strandebeests," by Ian Frazier, The New Yorker (2011)
• Lena Herzog's portfolio of the Strandbeests, The New Yorker: PHOTO BOOTH (2011)
• Interview with Lawrence Weschler, The Believer (2011)
• "Incompatible With Life", The Paris Review Issue 188 (2009)
• "Rhapsody in Death," Cabinet Magazine issue 36 (2009)
• "Airship," The Paris Review issue 184 (2008)
• "Garden of Rocks," Harper’s Magazine (May 2008)
• "The Light Stuff", The Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine (2004 cover story)
• "Lena Herzog on Spain," British Journal of Photography (2003)

Books

• Strandbeest. The Dream Machines of Theo Jansen ISBN 978-3-8365-4849-6 (2014)
• Lost Souls ISBN 978-0-9825908-0-5 (2010)
• Bad Lieutenant ISBN 978-0-7893-2013-1 (2009)
• Flamenco: Dance Class ISBN 1-902699-44-0
• Tauromaquia: The Art of Bullfighting ISBN 1-902699-23-8
• Pilgrims ISBN 1-902699-43-2 (2002)

Exhibitions

• Panoramas, Fahey / Klein Gallery, Los Angeles (2012)
• Lost Souls, International Center of Photography (2010)
• The Circle of Bliss, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2003)
• Reflecting Buddha, Pasadena Museum of California Art (2003)
• Ensayo, (multimedia show) Yerba Buena Center of the Performing Arts, San Francisco (2003)
• Flamenco, Foyles Gallery, London (2003)
• Tauromaquia, Museum of Carruajes, Seville, Spain (2002)
• Below Zero, Focus Gallery, San Francisco (2000)
• Black and White Photographs from Andalucia and Shinxiang, Focus Gallery, San Francisco(1998)

Notes

External links

• Artist’s website
• New York Times Book Review of Lena Herzog's "Lost Souls"
• NYPL conversation with Lawrence Weschler
• "Lost Souls" Audio Slideshow (NPR)