Bernard Gotfryd
Bernard Gotfryd | |
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| Born | 1924 Radom, Poland |
| Died | June 3, 2016 (aged 91–92) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Photographer |
Bernard Gotfryd (1924 – 3 June 2016) was a Polish-born American photographer, primarily associated with Newsweek, for which he photographed celebrities, politicians, artists, and writers.
Early life
Born into a Jewish family in
Career
Following his army service, Gotfryd was hired as a photographer by
Late writing
Inspired by a 1983 visit to Poland, his first since his emigration, and his mother's exhortation the last day he saw her to "tell the world what the Nazis were doing," Gotfryd began writing brief stories of his memories of his childhood and the Holocaust.[1] These stories were eventually published as Anton, the Dove-Fancier: And Other Tales of the Holocaust in 1990.[9] A selection of his photographs, with the title The Intimate Eye, was published in 2006.[10] Upon his death, his photographs, which he willed to the public, were donated to the Library of Congress.[2]
Gallery
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References
- ^ a b c Clavin, Thomas (August 19, 1990). "A Photographer Writes on the Holocaust". The New York Times.
- ^ a b c Tucker, Neely (June 16, 2021). "Free to Use and Reuse: The Photographs of Bernard Gotfryd | Timeless". The Library of Congress.
- ^ Gotfryd, Bernard (2000). "My Salzburg Journey" (PDF). The Bulletin of the Center for Holocaust Studies. 2 (4): 1–2.
- ISBN 0-8442-5920-9.
- ^ "Gotfryd (Bernard) papers". oac.cdlib.org.
- ^ Styron, Alexandra (June 16, 2012). "Opinion | Thoughts on Fathers and Families". The New York Times.
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- ^ "Photograph of Nina Simone with James Baldwin". National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- ISBN 978-0-671-69137-0.
- ISBN 978-1-878351-63-0.
External links
Media related to Photographs by Bernard Gotfryd at Wikimedia Commons
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