Herbert Hoffmann


Herbert Hoffmann was a German tattoo artist and photographer.

Hoffmann as photographer

From 1961 he produced professional photographic works in his Hamburg tattoo studio. Thus Herbert Hoffmann portrayed almost 400 tattoos within three decades with a Rolleiflex, born between 1878 and 1952.
His photographic work has been represented by Galerie Gebr. Lehmann since 2004.
"The portraits are staged with great formal care and seriousness. The result is the image of a subculture that has its roots in the gay scene and among sailors and dock workers, but which goes far beyond it."
- ELKE BUHR, MONOPOL-MAGAZIN 2018

solo exhibitions (selection)