Tüllman, Abisag. Abisag Tüllmann, 1935-1996: Bildreportagen und Theaterfotografie by Martha Caspers, et al.

Hatje Cantz, 2010.  298 black-and-white photographs of reportage, theater, and portraits of such well-known people as Nam June Paik, William Forsythe, Martin Heidegger, Samuel Beckett, Erwin Piscator, Bridget Riley, Louise Nevelson, et al. Extensive text in German about the photographer. Illustrated boards, fine with blind stamp of Michael Lang, previous owner and recipient of long gift inscription on blank page. Lang, described in the inscription as a "photography enthusiast," was a record label executive and former president of Deutsche Grammophon, the classical music record company.  Promoted from general manager to president in 2006, he left Deutsche Grammophon in 2011 after working for the company for about 10 years.  Previously he was an executive at Verve Records. 

Biographical summary about the photographer from Wikipedia: In 1957, Tüllmann moved from Wuppertal to Frankfurt. She learned photography as a trainee for a year with the advertising photographer Dieter Jörs. In 1958, she began working for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung as well as for the Frankfurter Rundschau and Frankfurter Neue Presse. In May 1961, Tüllmann joined the Deutscher Journalisten-Verband and henceforth called herself a freelance photojournalist. She also supplied magazines such as Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, Magnum and Publik-Forum [de]. In Frankfurt, she developed intensive contacts to the art and cultural scene. Her friends included the writers Hermann Peter Piwitt [de] and Ror Wolf as well as the graphic artist Hans Hillmann. At the same time, the city itself became a motif of her work, as documented by a book of photographs published in 1963 and laid out by Hans Michel. In addition, she had a great journalistic interest in Israel and reported in numerous reports from the crisis centres there. From 1964, she also worked as a theatre photographer in Stuttgart, Bochum and Vienna, at the Schaubühne am Halleschen Ufer [de], at the Brussel Opera and at the Salzburg Festival. Around 1970, she began teaching photography at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin and at colleges in Kassel, Mainz, Frankfurt and Hamburg. Tüllmann died in Frankfurt [in 1996] at the age of 60. She was buried in the Frankfurt Main Cemetery. The Abisag Tüllmann Foundation awards a prize in her name to honor a photographer.