12 Facts About Rico Puhlmann

Rico Puhlmann was killed when TWA Flight 800 came down shortly after takeoff in 1996.

The end of the war largely marked the end of Rico Puhlmann's early acting career.

Rico Puhlmann was later only offered two smaller acting roles in two DEFA productions in 1949 and 1954.

Rico Puhlmann studied fashion design, art design, and art history at the Berlin University of the Arts from 1951 to 1955.

Rico Puhlmann photographed celebrities including Isabella Rossellini, Cindy Crawford, Mel Gibson, Richard Avedon, Suzy Parker, Cheryl Tiegs, Naomi Campbell, Hildegard Knef and Agnieszka Kotlarska.

In 1970, Rico Puhlmann settled in New York, where he continued his career as a fashion photographer and from then on contributed for publications such as Harper's Bazaar, Glamour, GQ and The New York Times.

In 1972, Rico Puhlmann received an award from the New York Society of Publication Designers for his photographic achievements.

From 1973 to 1976, Rico Puhlmann contributed to the Sender Freies Berlin as an author, director, cameraman and presenter as part of the program 'Fashion Journal - Sounds and Silhouettes'.

Rico Puhlmann continued his work as a fashion photographer throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and designed the visual campaigns for fashion and cosmetics companies such as Ungaro, Fendi, Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, Estee Lauder, L'Oreal, Clinique and Revlon.

Rico Puhlmann's works were exhibited as part of the permanent exhibition 'People, Fashion and Machines' at the Nordhorn City Museum in Germany.

Rico Puhlmann was en-route to an assignment in Paris and one of his clients, Polish model Agnieszka Kotlarska, backed out of flying on TWA Flight 800 at the last minute, narrowly escaping death.

Rico Puhlmann was survived by his two brothers, Klaus and Heinz, both based in Berlin.