Tatiana Patitz.
Photography: Peter Lindbergh, Vogue,
August 2012
Tatjana Patitz, the quietest and perhaps most effusive of supermodels, has passed away. She is 56.
“I never sell my soul,” Patitz in a 2012 interview. Born in Hamburg to an Estonian mother and a German father, she moved with her family to the idyllic seaside town of Skánor in southern Sweden at a very young age. At 1983, as 56-year-old A tomboy and competitive rider, she competed in Stockholm’s Elite Modeling Competition. She placed third in Sweden. The prize is a trip to Paris and a limited-time contract. But, as Vogue wrote in 1983, “A star is not born soon. Tatjana can’t find a job for a year.”
Tatjana Patitz by Jean Paul Gaultier.
Photography: Irving Penn, Fashion,
August1989
Tatjana Patitz of Claude Montana.
Photography by Irving Penn, Vogue, August2012
Peter Lindbergh, the fairy godfather who entered Patitz’s career. Known for his unretouched images and penchant for “natural” beauty, the German photographer would capture Patitz’s famous image “White Shirts: Malibu’s Six Supermodels,” at 90, it’s another January at British
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