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Lotte Jacobi
German-American photographer (1896-1990) · Germany · On the map · Artists · Died at 93
Lotte Jacobi was a leading German-American portrait photographer and photojournalist, known for her high-contrast black-and-white portrait photography, characterized by intimate, sometimes dramatic, sometimes idiosyncratic and often definitive humanist depictions of both ordinary people in the United States and Europe...
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Atelier Jacobi: Sigismund Jacobi (1860-1935) c. 1906. Portrait of the author Franz Kafka by Lotte Jacobi's father.
Lotte Jacobi. 1951. Photo of J. D. Salinger in one of Jacobi's more traditional portraits. The image was used for the first-edition back cover of The Catcher in the Rye.
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Lotte Jacobi was a leading German-American portrait photographer and photojournalist, known for her high-contrast black-and-white portrait photography, characterized by intimate, sometimes dramatic, sometimes idiosyncratic and often definitive humanist depictions of both ordinary people in the United States and Europe and some of the most important artists, thinkers and activists of the 20th century.
The same award as Lotte
Anders PetersenBoth received Dr. Erich Salomon Prize
Cristina García RoderoBoth received Dr. Erich Salomon Prize
Sylvia PlachyBoth received Dr. Erich Salomon Prize
Horst FaasBoth received Dr. Erich Salomon Prize
René BurriBoth received Dr. Erich Salomon Prize
Robert LebeckBoth received Dr. Erich Salomon Prize