Books
- “Kunst und Medien - Materialien zur Documenta 6“, Kassel, Germany 1977
- “The Red Couch- A Portrait of America” in co-operation with Kevin Clarke, New York, USA 1983*
- “mode-foto-mode”, Fotografien Sibylle Bergmann und Horst Wackerbarth, Heidelberg, Germany 1992,
- “Spitze – Luxus zwischen Tradition und Avantgarde”, Heidelberg, Germany 1995*
- “A Day in the Life of London”, London, Great Britain 1984
- “24 Hours in the Life of Los Angeles”, New York, USA 1984
- “European Photography 1983/84”, London, Great Britain 1984
- “50 Jahre moderne Farbphotographie, 1936-1986“Frankfurt , Germany 1986
- “Barbie”, Hamburg, Germany 1994
- “Liebe und Gesellschaft- Das Geschlecht der Musen”, München, Germany 1997
- “Crucifixae- Frauen am Kreuz” (Jürgen Zanker), Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin, Germany 1998
- “Mode, Körper, Mode – Photographien eines Jahrhunderts”, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany 2000
- “Schupmann Collection – Photographie in Deutschland nach 1945“ Braunschweig,Germany 2001
- “Die Rote Couch – ein Porträt Europas und seiner Bewohner“, Hamburg, Germany 2003*
- “Horst Wackerbarth“, Düsseldorf, Germany 2004*
- “Klangkörper“, Edition Braus, Heidelberg, Germany 2005*
- “Horst Wackerbarth – The Red Couch“, Klartext Verlag, Essen, Germany 2006*
- “Zuhause in Deutschland", Edition Braus, Heidelberg, Germany 2006*
- “Horst Wackerbarth – Here & There", Klartext Verlag, Essen, Germany 2011*
- “Horst Wackerbarth – heimat.nrw", Klartext Verlag, Essen, Germany 2016*
*monograph
Exhibitions
- Daniel Wolf Gallery, New York, USA 1981
- The Photographer’s Gallery, London, Great Britain 1983
- A Place for Fine Photography, New Orleans, USA 1984
- International Center of Photographic Studies, Los Angeles, USA 1984
- International Center of Photography, New York, USA 1981 *
- Rencontres Internationales de la Fotografie, Arles, France 1985*
- Harris Gallery, Houston, USA 1984
- Il diaframma, Milan, Italia 1985
- Rencontres Internationales de la Fotografie, Arles, France 1986*
- Fotografie Forum International, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland 1986
- Museo Alinari, Florence, Italia 1991
- National Museum of Peru, Lima, Peru 1994*
- Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Dortmund, Germany 1995
- "Bildermode/Modebilder" Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany 1995 –2002* (shown in 82 cities worldwide, German Institute of Foreign Relations)
- Russian State Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia 1999*
- Wittumspalais, Stiftung Weimarer Klassik, Germany 1999
- Kunsternes Hus, Arhaus, Denmark 1999*
- Weimar 1999, Kulturhauptstadt Europas, Weimar, Germany 1999*
- Österreichisches Friedensmuseum, Austria 2000*
- Museum Mönchengladbach, Germany 2000*
- "Identity & Authenticity" Goethe-Institut, Singapore 2002
- "Red Couch – Europe", European Parliament, Strasbourg, France 2004
- NRW – Forum für Kultur, Düsseldorf, Germany 2004
- Städtische Galerie Neunkirchen, Germany 2005
- Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany 2005
- "Red Couch – Europe", European Parliament, Bruxelles, Belgium 2005
- Museum Goch, Germany 2006
- "Klangkörper", Saarlandmuseum, Saarbrücken, Germany 2006
- Kulturzentrum Sinsteden, Germany 2006
- “Klangkörper”, Goethe-Institut, Nancy, France 2007
- "The Red Couch" Museum f. Moderne Kunst/ Haus der Fotografie, Moskau, Russia 2007
- "Horst Wackerbarth" Roth Fine Art, Miami, USA 2008
- "China und Deutschland, gemeinsam“ Wuhan Art Museum, Wuhan, China 2009*
- "Here & There" Ruhr2010, Kulturhauptstadt Europas, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany 2010/11
- "Wackerbarth zu St. Jakobi", Stralsund, Germany 2012
- "carlies-redcouch.eu ", Aula Carolina, Aachen 2011
- "Horst Wackerbarth Perm", Exhibition Hall Perm, Russland 2011
- "Wackerbarth zu St. Jakobi", Stralsund, Germany 2012
- "Here and There", Wuhan Art Museum, Wuhan, Hubei, China 2013
- "Wackerbarth auf Wackerbarth", Schloss Wackerbarth, Dresden 2013
- "The Red Couch", Vertical Gallery, Düsseldorf 2014
- "heimat.nrw", NRW – Forum für Kultur, Düsseldorf, Germany 2016 (shown in 10 cities in gemany)
* group exhibitions
Collections
- Museum Für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
- Museum für Kunst und Geschichte, Dortmund, Germany
- Museum Goch, Goch/ Niederrhein, Germany
- Collection F.C. Gundlach, Hamburg, Germany
- Collection Celina Lunsford, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Collection Freddy Langer, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Collection Schupmann, Kassel, Germany
- Manfred Heiting collection, Malibu, California, USA
- Museum of Modern Art, Houston, Texas, USA
- Mickey Rourke collection, New York, USA
- Daniel Wolf collection, New York, USA
- Christian Lacroix collection, Paris, France
- Polaroid Collection, Wien, Austria
- Collection of Sparkasse Neuss Foundation, Germany
- Collection of the Sparkasse Stormarn Foundation, Germany
- Collection of the City of Düsseldorf, Germany
- Collection of the City of Duisburg, Germany
- Collection of the Sparkasse Duisburg, Germany
- Collection Ströher, Darmstadt, Germany
- Collection Raphaelshaus, Dormagen, Germany
- Collection Wolfgang Roth, Roth Fine Art, Berlin, Germany and Miami, USA
- Collection Joachim Fischer, Kontrast Communication Services, Düsseldorf, Germany