Barbara Klemm

She was inducted into the Leica Hall of Fame in recognition of her status as "a driving force in reportage photography" and as "an exemplary photographer".

The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is photography and photojournalism. Employment is recorded with Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. Work by Barbara Klemm is recorded in the collections of Städel Museum, ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe and Berlinische Galerie. Distinctions recorded are Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Max Beckmann prize, Dr.

• Name — Barbara Klemm • Born — 27 December 1939 • Birthplace — Münster, Nazi Germany (now Germany) • Occupation — Photographer • Years Active — 1959–2004

She was born in Münster and grew up in Karlsruhe. Her father Fritz Klemm was a painter and a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe.

In 1959, she moved to Frankfurt to work for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), for which she worked until 2004. As a press photographer she photographed events including the 1969 student riots in Frankfurt, Heinrich Böll protesting against nuclear weapons in 1983, the 1969 celebrations in Cuba for the tenth anniversary of the revolution, the first democratic elections held in Portugal on 25 April 1975, and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. She has photographed many celebrities, including Mick Jagger, Tom Waits, Claudio Abbado, Simon Rattle, György Ligeti, Andy Warhol, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Her famous photographs include Soviet general secretary Leonid Brezhnev kissing East German leader Erich Honecker in 1979. Throughout her life she has consistently used black-and-white analog (film) photography, typically single photographs rather than series.

• Barbara Klemm. Photographs 1968 – 2013, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2013–2014 • "Barbara Klemm. Light and Dark.", Państwowa Galeria Sztuki, Sopot, 5 Sept 2025-12 Oct 2025.

Barbara Klemm is recorded as having received Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Max Beckmann prize and Dr. Erich Salomon Prize. Career and activity. Klemm worked in photography and photojournalism. She was employed by Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. She belonged to Academy of Arts, Berlin.