Ergy Landau
Ergy or Erzsy Landau (1896–1967) was a Hungarian-French humanist photographer.
Ergy Landau
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- Name
- Ergy Landau
- Born
- 1896
- Birthplace
- Budapest, Hungary
- Died
- 1967
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Field
- Photography Ergy or Erzsy Landau (1896–1967) was a Hungarian-French humanist photographer.
- Full name
- Landau Erzsébet.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- photographer.
- Fields
- photography.
- Teachers
- Olga Máté.
- Languages
- French.
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Ergy or Erzsy Landau (1896–1967) was a Hungarian-French humanist photographer.
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Ergy Landau (1896–1967) was a French photographer. Born Landau Erzsébet in Budapest, the photographer died in Paris. Ergy Landau was active in photography.
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• Name — Ergy Landau • Born — 1896 • Birthplace — Budapest, Hungary • Died — 1967 • Place of death — Paris, France • Field — Photography Ergy or Erzsy Landau (1896–1967) was a Hungarian-French humanist photographer.
Biography
Biography
Born in Budapest, Landau worked in Franz Xaver Setzer's Vienna studio and then in Rudolf Dührkoop's studio in Berlin. She had photographed the German writer Thomas Mann and her painter/photographer friend, László Moholy-Nagy, whom she introduced to the medium. In May 1922 she emigrated to Paris, where she established herself as a portrait photographer. Landau brought the first Rolleiflex to France. Nora Dumas joined Landau's studio in 1929, and Ylla in 1932. Landau met Charles Rado in 1933. Rado founded the photo press agency Rapho with Landau, Ylla, Brassaï, and Nora Dumas, but was forced to close the agency during World War II. Landau had met Raymond Grosset on holiday in 1930, and introduced him to the other Hungarian photographers in Paris. After World War II Landau encouraged Grosset to restart Rapho. Landau died in Paris.
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Landau, Ergy (1955). Aujourd'hui la Chine. Lausanne: La Guilde du Livre.
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1896
Ergy Landau born at Budapest.
1955
Aujourd'hui la Chine is dated 1955.
1967
Ergy Landau died at Paris.
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- 1.Ergy Landau. Luminous Lint.
- 2.Danielle Leenaerts. Petite Histoire Du Magazine Vu (1928-1940): Entre Photographie D'Information Et Photographie D'Art. Peter Lang. 329. 2010. 978-90-5201-585-9.
- 3.Hamilton, Peter. Obituary: Raymond Grosset. The Independent. April 13, 2000.
- 4.Landau, Ergy. Aujourd'hui la Chine. La Guilde du Livre, Lausanne. 1 January 1955. 2866264290.
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