Herbert List in Greece

Herbert List (7 October 1903 – 4 April 1975) was a German photographer, who worked for magazines, including Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Life. His austere, classically posed black-and-white compositions taken in Italy and Greece have been highly formative for modern photography. From 1937 to 1939 List traveled in Greece and took photographs of ancient temples, ruins, sculptures, and the landscape, many of which were published in magazines and books. I would like to share some of those today.

Statue and temple of Apollon in the background
Corinth, Peloponnese, Greece, 1937

 

Athéna, 1937

 

Cleopatra’s house

Island of Delos, Cyclades, Greece, 1937

 

Temple of Olympian Zeus

Athens, Greece, 1937

 

Parthenon
The Acropolis, Athens, Greece, 1937

 

'Turned into stone'
Ancient Corinth, Greece, 1937

Palace of King Minos
Knosos, Crete, Greece, 1937

 

 The Acropolis Propylae columns
Athens, Greece, 1937

 

The Acropolis (Parthenon interior)
Athens, Greece, 1937