[2] In May 2022, Die Zeit reported that Cologne prosecutors charged Lippoth with twelve cases of severe sexual abuse of six children, and with the possession of child pornography.
[1] The abuse allegedly occurred during extended shooting trips, on which the children accompanied Lippoth unaccompanied, sometimes sleeping in his hotel room.
By using child models to stage scenes from everyday life, he casts normal activities with a complex sub-text, questioning the viewer’s innocence and complicity.
[4] Edelman’s Gallery described Lippoth’s work as “drawing heavily from art and photographic history, [he] creates images which have a haunting beauty that is both humorous and poignant, as children take center stage within his elaborate sets.
The resulting imagets are arresting, using seductive colors to dramatize events, memories and emotions from our collective past”.