Peter Lindbergh officially entered the fold back in 1988, when Anna Wintour asked him to shoot her first cover for American ’s November issue, starring Israeli model Michaela Bercu. Two years later, he went on to shoot the iconic January 1990 cover of British , which propelled Linda Evangelista, Tatjana Patitz, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington and Cindy Crawford to supermodel status.
Since then, countless covers have followed, with the prolific photographer shooting for titles across the world over four decades, including shooting Emma Watson for Vogue Australia’s March 2018 issue. This year alone, Lindbergh shot Penélope Cruz and Rosalía for Spain’s April and July issues; Gigi Hadid for the March issue of Arabia; and models Luna Bijl, Birgit Kos and Vittoria Ceretti for Germany’s tribute to Karl Lagerfeld in July. He was also selected to shoot the cover of British ’s September issue, guest-edited by the Duchess of Sussex and starring 15 forces for change, including climate activist Greta Thunberg and New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern.
Following the news of Lindbergh’s death on 3 September, 2019, we take a look back at his most iconic covers of all time.
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, Vogue Deutsch, April 2012
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, Vogue Italia, April 2016
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, Vogue Spain, April 2019
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, British Vogue, January 1987
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, British Vogue, January 1992
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, American Vogue, January 2011
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, Vogue Deutsch, January 2019
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, British Vogue, January 1989
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, British Vogue, January 1990
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, Vogue Deutsch, July 2019
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, Vogue Deutsch, July 2019
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, Vogue Deutsch, July 2019
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, Vogue Spain, July 2019
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, British Vogue, March 1990
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, Vogue Deutsch, March 2015
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, Vogue Italia, March 2016
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, Vogue Italia, March 2017
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, American Vogue, May 2011
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, Vogue Deutsch, May 2017
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, Vogue Deutsch, May 2017
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, Vogue Deutsch, May 2017
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, American Vogue, November 1988
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, British Vogue, November 1989
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, Vogue Deutsch, October 2009
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, Vogue Italia, October 2016
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, Vogue Italia, October 2016
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, Vogue Italia, October 2016
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, American Vogue, October 2010
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, American Vogue, October 2013
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, Vogue Italia, October 2017
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, British Vogue, September 2019
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, Vogue Italia, September 2012
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, British Vogue, September 1990
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, British Vogue, September 1992