Herbert List, Film Still with Anouk Aimée, 1961, Vintage Print

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Herbert List – Film Still – Anouk Aimée, 1961 – Vintage Print This striking vintage film still by Herbert List … Read more Herbert List – Film Still – Anouk Aimée, 1961 – Vintage Print This striking vintage film still by Herbert List captures French actress Anouk Aimée in her role as Irene in Il giudizio universale (The Last Judgement)—the 1961 Italian comedy directed by legendary filmmaker Vittorio de Sica. Bathed in soft studio light, Aimée stands in an elegant interior, her expression poised between mystery and melancholy. The photograph reflects List’s refined sense of composition and glamour, while perfectly conveying Aimée’s timeless screen presence. Vintage gelatin silver print. Size: 30.1 × 21.6 cm. About Anouk Aimée Anouk Aimée (born 1932, Paris) is one of France’s most celebrated actresses, known for her hypnotic beauty, emotional depth, and understated elegance. She rose to international fame with Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita (1960) and later earned worldwide acclaim for Claude Lelouch’s classic Un Homme et une Femme (1966), which brought her a Golden Globe and Academy Award nomination. Across a career spanning more than seven decades, Aimée worked with major auteurs including Jacques Demy, Bernardo Bertolucci, Robert Altman, and Sidney Lumet. She remains an icon of European cinema—sophisticated, enigmatic, unforgettable. About Herbert List (1903–1975) Herbert List was a German photographer whose elegant compositions combined classical aesthetics with surrealism and modernism. Originally trained as a merchant, he turned to photography in the 1930s. He worked for Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Life, and became a member of Magnum Photos. His black-and-white imagery often explored male beauty, mythological themes, and Mediterranean light, balancing documentary realism with poetic vision. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
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