Erling Mandelmann


Erling Mandelmann was a Danish photographer. He began his career as a freelance photojournalist in the mid-1960s.

Biography

Mandelmann worked for 40 years as a freelance photojournalist and portrait photographer for a number of Swiss and European publications, as well as for various international organizations such as the World Health Organization, International Labour Organization, the United Nations, and Amnesty International.
He took more than 500 portraits of people, including the 14th Dalai Lama, Noël Coward, Gertrude Fehr, Nina Hagen, Johnny Hallyday, and Prince Hans-Adam of Liechtenstein. His photo-archives have been deposited at the Historical Museum of Lausanne.
Mandelmann died on 14 January 2018 at the age of 82.

Some photographs

Exhibitions

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P = solo exhibitions; C = collective exhibitions
Erling Mandelmann's photos are located in the following archives or collections:
  1. Musée historique de Lausanne
  2. Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne
  3. Fondation Oskar Kokoschka, Musée Jenisch, Vevey / Switzerland
  4. Oskar Kokoschka Zentrum / Universität für angewandte kunst, Vienna / Austria
  5. La collection nationale de portraits, Château Frederiksborg, Hillerød / Denmark
  6. Musée de l'Art photographique Brandts, Odense / Denmark
  7. La Bibliothèque Royale, Copenhague / Denmark
  8. Archives-photo de l'OMS / WHO et BIT / ILO, Genève / Switzerland
  9. Association Villa "Le Lac" Le Corbusier, Corseaux / Switzerland
  10. Archives de Comet-Photo, déposé à la bibliothèque ETH, Zürich
  11. Archives du Cirque National Knie, Rapperswill / Switzerland
Some photos are distributed by Agence Rapho, Paris / France