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Andreas Feininger
(From Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia)
Andreas Bernhard Lyonel
Feininger (27 December 1906 - 18 February 1999) was a French-born American
photographer, and writer on photographic technique, noted for his dynamic
black-and-white scenes of Manhattan and studies of the structure of
natural objects.
Born in Paris, France, from an American family of German origin. His
father, painter Lyonel Feininger, was born in New York City, in 1871. His
great-grandfather emigrated from Durlach, Baden, in Germany, towards
United States in 1848.
Feininger grew up and was educated as an architect in Germany, where his
father painted and taught at Bauhaus. In 1936, he gave up architecture
itself, moved to Sweden, and focused on photography. In advance of World
War II, in 1939, Feininger immigrated to the U.S. where he established
himself as a freelance photographer and in 1943 joined the staff of Life
magazine, an association that lasted until 1962.
Feininger became famous for his photographs of New York. Science and
nature, as seen in bones, shells, plants and minerals, were other frequent
subjects, but rarely did he photograph people or make portraits. Feininger
wrote comprehensive manuals about photography, of which the best known is
The Complete Photographer. In the introduction to one of Feininger's books
of photographs, Ralph Hattersley described him as "one of the great
architects who helped create photography as we know it today." In 1966,
the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) awarded Feininger its
highest distinction, the Robert Leavitt Award. In 1991, the International
Center of Photography awarded Feininger the Infinity Lifetime Achievement
Award.
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The Photojournalist, 1955
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New York 1940 -
Lower East Side
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Fishing boat moored at a South Street Pier. Winter 1940
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New York 1940 -
Sheeps Meadow, Central Park
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Elevated station, Downtown, New York
1940
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Jewish shop on Lower East Side, Manhattan
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Jewish shop on Lower East
Side, Manhattan
1940
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Chinatown, New York
1940
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Nassau Street, Stock
Exchange in background ...
1940
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Bryant Park, 1940
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Greek restaurant on
Mulberry Street
1940
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The Bowery in the shadow
of the Third Avenue Elevated, 1940
1940
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Hudson River traffic, New
York
1940
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Three girls.
1940
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Akt am Strand
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Coal barges on the Hudson
River
1940
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Chinese vendor on Mott
Street
1941
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Floor show in a
Harlem nightclub.
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Comuters on the Staten
Island Ferry approaching Manhattan.
1940
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Downtown Sky Port,
at South Street and Wall Street.
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New York 1940 - Ghetto,
Orchard Street, Lower East Side.
1940
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Arm wrestling in Harlem
1940
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New York 1940 -
Center Market Place
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Downtown Skyscrapers near
the Hudson River
1940
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Lower East Side Kids on a
Brooklyn dock, harbor tugs in background.
1940
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On board of a Staten
Island ferry, going towards Staten Island.
1940
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Brooklyn Bridge
pedestrian promenade.
1940
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Brooklyn Bridge and
pedestrian promenade.
1940
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Movie theater front
and ticket booth
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