Women, Artists, Friends. Fashion photographs from 1975 to 1994

Ute Mahler began working in fashion photography in 1975, immediately after graduating from the HGB in Leipzig, although at the time fashion photography was only an occasional interest for her. She was mainly interested in people and their faces, and this is perhaps why, when looking at her photos, one always notices the face first and then the clothes. Taken out of the context of a magazine page or advertisement, many of his photographs could easily be interpreted as part of a documentary project. The subjects always seem to be captured completely by chance the moment Ute Mahler presses the shutter button: this is the exceptional quality of her images, which feature women (and sometimes men) and fashion naturally, just like in real life. This book finally presents the photographs that made Sibylle's longtime photographer famous. Journalist and writer Annett Gröschner, who admired Ute Mahler's work from a young age, contributes a personal essay in which she describes how she came to know and love Ute Mahler and her photographs. Texts by Ute Mahler and Johanna Eckhardt describe the biographical, historical and cultural context that has influenced the photographer and her work to date. They also tell of his professional path, the history of Sibylle magazine and the image that the editorial team has of itself, splendidly reflected in Mahler's photographs. SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2026