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10.316 ANDREAS FEININGER
ANDREAS FEININGER. GERMAN 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. FEININGER GREW UP AND WAS EDUCATED AS AN ARCHITECT IN GERMANY, WHERE HIS FATHER PAINTED AND TAUGHT AT STAATLICHES BAUHAUS. IN 1936, HE GAVE UP ARCHITECTURE ITSELF, AND FOCUSED ON PHOTOGRAPHY. 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. FEININGER WROTE COMPREHENSIVE MANUALS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY, OF WHICH THE BEST KNOWN IS THE COMPLETE PHOTOGRAPHER. IN 1966, THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MEDIA PHOTOGRAPHERS (ASMP) AWARDED FEININGER THE ROBERT LEAVITT AWARD.WIKI. VIEW HISTORY.
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GERMAN 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. FEININGER GREW UP AND WAS EDUCATED AS AN ARCHITECT IN GERMANY, WHERE HIS FATHER PAINTED AND TAUGHT AT STAATLICHES BAUHAUS. IN 1936, HE GAVE UP ARCHITECTURE ITSELF, AND FOCUSED ON PHOTOGRAPHY. 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. FEININGER WROTE COMPREHENSIVE MANUALS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY, OF WHICH THE BEST KNOWN IS THE COMPLETE PHOTOGRAPHER. IN 1966, THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MEDIA PHOTOGRAPHERS (ASMP) AWARDED FEININGER THE ROBERT LEAVITT AWARD.
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