Christoph von Wangenheim (21 February 1942 – 9 March 1981) was a German fashion photographer of the late 1960s through the early 1980s.
Wangenheim was born in Brieg,[1] during the Second World War, the son of Konrad Freiherr von Wangenheim, an aristocratic German Cavalry officer who became a well-known horse rider at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, winning a gold medal in Team Eventing.
In 1944, while serving on the Eastern Front, his father was taken prisoner and held in a POW camp located in the Soviet Union.
[5][6] American Vogue became his primary outlet in 1972, but he also worked for its German, French and Italian editions, as well as for Esquire, Playboy, Interview, and Viva magazines.
[citation needed] On 9 March 1981, Wangenheim was killed in a single-car crash while on holiday in Saint Martin.