Ute Mahler began working in fashion photography back
in 1975, right after graduating from the HGB Leipzig, even
though fashion photography was only of casual interest to
her at the time. She was primarily interested in people and
their facial expressions, which is perhaps why, when looking
at her photos, you always notice the face fi rst and the clothes
second. Taken out of the context of a magazine spread or
an ad, many of her photos could easily be seen as part of a
documentary project. Models and people always seem to be
caught entirely by chance the moment Ute Mahler presses the
shutter – that makes her pictures so unique: staging women
(and sometimes men) and fashion almost eff ortlessly, just like
in real life.
