A Long Island native, von Hohenberg has always been a world traveler and took an interest in photography at the young age of fourteen. He was raised in Southhampton, NY, Neubeuern, Germany, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, and New York City. He attended university in Paris and graduated with a degree in European Studies in 1975. After graduating, von Hohenberg began his full-time photography career. He was a freelance photographer in Paris and New York City before he began shooting fashion for American Vogue in 1979. He has since photographed for Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine, German Vogue, Vanity Fair, French Vogue and several other publications. Throughout his career he has participated in ad campaigns for Givenchy, Estee Lauder, The New York Times and many other companies.

The White Album of the Hamptons is von Hohenberg’s fourth book, which follows the success of Shadows of the Gods: Mexico City (2018), Andy Warhol: The Day the Factory Died (2006), and Another Planet: New York Portraits 1976-1996 (2014). Von Hohenberg has been featured in solo exhibitions in Stockholm, Sweden; Dallas, Texas; Munich, Germany; Salzburg, Austria; London, England. His work can be found in private collections throughout the United States, Europe and South America. He lives and works in New York City.