Tatjana Patitz, an omnipresent model in the ’90s has died at age 56.
Peter Lindbergh Studio, Paris / Gagosian Gallery
By her own account Lindbergh was a favorite lensman, as were Herb Ritts, Bruce Weber, Kurt Markus and Philip Dixon. Annie Liebowitz, Nick Knight and Richard Avedon were also on her list. From Patitz‘s perspective, “collaborating with the team to create an image” was what she loved most. “You can feel it when something magical happens,” she said in 2018.
Patitz also wasn’t afraid to be controversial when needed. In 1995, she was among the notables who appeared in the nude in a Patrick Demarchelier-shot campaign for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals entitled “Rather Be Naked Than Wear Fur.” Patotz wasn’t just striking a pose. As her Instagram followers can attest, she saw herself as an “Environmental crusader — Animal lover and lover of nature,” as we all as a “Mom — Model.
While many have rules to live by, Patitz detailed hers as, “Do good, be kind, have compassion, and when you know better, do better. Be gentle with the environment and with yourself and others.” Another reminder of her ethos was an “AHIMSA” arm tattoo, which meant, in Sanskrit, practicing nonviolence and compassion toward all living beings.
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