Guenter Knop

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Guenter Knop (born June 1954, in Bremen, Germany) is a photographer known for black and white nudes of women.The New York Art World, MacInnis, M. http://www.thenewyorkartworld.com/pastIssue/AprEditorial2006.html#review07 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820093730/http://www.thenewyorkartworld.com/pastIssue/AprEditorial2006.html#review07 |date=2008-08-20 }}

Knop began his career working in the studio of German fashion and advertising photographer Charlotte March in the late 1970s.Saatchi Online: http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/Guenter%20Knop/23713.html He later worked as first assistant to Henry Wolf,Phyllis Lucas Gallery: http://www.phyllislucasgallery.com/guknrenu.html art director for Esquire, Harper's Bazaar and Show magazines.Encyclopædia Britannica entry on Henry Wolf: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1089672/Henry-Wolf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318162541/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1089672/Henry-Wolf |date=2009-03-18 }} He worked with Wolf for ten years on high fashion, TV, and print advertising for major clients in the 1980s and 1990s before opening a studio in Chelsea, Manhattan, New York City, New York (state), United States. His pictures incorporate dramatic lighting and customized sets built from found materials and inspired by Bauhaus, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco designs. A unique feature of Knop’s work is his exclusive use of real women who are hand-picked from the streets of New York.Book review for Guenter Knop on Women: http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/