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German-American photographer

Horst P. Horst (born Horst Paul Albert Bormann; August 14, – November 18, ) was a German-American fashion photographer.^[1]

Early life

The younger of the sons, Horst was born in Weissenfels-an-der-Saale, Germany, to Klara (Schönbrodt) and Max Bohrmann.

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His father was a successful merchant. In his teens, he met dancer Evan Weidemann at the home of his aunt, and this aroused his interest in avant-garde art. In the late s, Horst studied at Hamburg Kunstgewerbeschule, leaving there in to go to Paris^[2] to study under the architect Le Corbusier.^{[citation needed]}

Youth

While in Paris, he befriended many people in the art community and visited many galleries.

In he met Vogue photographer Baron George Hoyningen-Huene, a half-Baltic, half-American nobleman, and became his photographic assistant, occasional model, and lover.^[1] He traveled to England with him that winter. While there, they v