Jürgen Vollmer

From Hamburg to Hollywood is a retrospective of Jürgen Vollmer's life and work, told through his own design, stories and photographs.

• Jürgen Vollmer (German).
• London: Genesis Publications, 1997.
• 130 pages.
• Number 1,358 of 1,750 limited-edition copies.
• Signed by Jürgen Vollmer.
• Accompanied by a signed print. 
• Quarter bound hardback book with silver edged pages in a presentation box.
• With the original mailing box.

Book begins with recollections of Jürgen's time with The Beatles in his native Hamburg in 1960, moving on to Paris and an influential meeting with John and Paul. Jürgen goes on to recount his experience of 1970s New York, life in Hollywood and his return to Hamburg 30 years later. From assisting Reinhart Wolf in Hamburg, Jürgen's move to Paris saw him working with photographer and film director William Klein and becoming an important part of the rive gauche community. In New York in the '70s, Jürgen met Black Panther activists and provided writer Jean Genet with a safe haven. Working as a stills photographer in Hollywood during the '80s gave Jürgen the opportunity to photograph modern movie legends including Natassja Kinski, Robert Redford, Madonna and Arnold Schwarzenegger.