Background
Keld Helmer-Petersen was born on August 23, 1920 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Keld Helmer-Petersen was born on August 23, 1920 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Keld Helmer-Peterseis studied at the Institute of Design in Chicago in 1950-1951. He started taking photographs in 1938, when he received a Leica camera as a graduation present. An interest in contemporary art and architecture contributed to the fact that at the age of 23, Keld Helmer-Petersen, as one of the first Danish photographers, began to work with an abstract formal language.
Since 1955 Keld Helmer-Petersen ran his own studio, specializing in architecture, design and industrial photography. He has also taught photography at the Royal Academy of Art, Copenhagen, since 1964, and at the Department of Art History, University of Lund, Sweden (1978-1979). In the 1950s Keld Helmer-Petersen lectured at several schools of design, graphic art, and arts and crafts in Copenhagen.
Keld Helmer-Petersen has written numerous articles for Danish, German and Japanese magazines.