LC control no. | nr 97001184 |
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Personal name heading | Gilles, Peter, 1953- |
Found in | Peter Gilles, Stromboli, 68 Selbstportraits 1991, 1994: p. 131 (b. 1953) ULAN, Dec. 6, 2012 (Gilles, Peter (German photographer, born Cologne, Germany, 1953); "German photographer known in the 1970s for spilling his own blood. This activity brought about the artist's interest in cultures that practice this ritual, predominantly African cultures, in a quest to release fear, pain, and torment. His photographs are the results of these studies") |