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Born in Berlin in 1886, the lawyer and gentleman Erich Salomon, managed to gain entry to legal processes and, above all, conferences with leading statesmen, as a photojournalist. He moved confidently and, at the same, inconspicuously, within this part of society and could, almost on an equal level, document their proceedings, barterings… Read more
Intro Bio
1886 | born in Berlin |
Studied law in Munich and Berlin, JD | |
1926 | First began working with photography and after a contracted project with Ullstein, became a successful freelance photojournalist for German and international newspapers. |
Created numerous reportages consisting mostly of photographs from international conferences and society clubs of the Weimar Republic, Western Europe and the USA. | |
1933 | Emigrated to the Netherlands |
1944 | After the German occupation of the Netherlands he was denounced and murdered along with his wife and youngest son in Auschwitz |
since 1971 | “Dr. Erich-Salomon-Prize“/ German Society of Photography (DGPh) Award |
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