Hedy Löffler
Hedy Löffler (December 1911 – December 2007) was a Romanian photographer and founding member of the Association of Artist Photographers in Romania.
Also recorded as Hedy Löffler-Weisselberger
Hedy Löffler
- Born
- December 1911
- Birthplace
- Timișoara, Romania
- Died
- December 2007
- Place of death
- Israel
- Occupation
- Photographer
- Nationality
- Romania
- Languages
- Romanian · German
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Hedy Löffler (December 1911 – December 2007) was a Romanian photographer and founding member of the Association of Artist Photographers in Romania.
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Hedy Löffler (1911–2007) was a photographer, of Romanian nationality. The photographer was born in Timișoara and died in Israel. Languages used include German and Romanian.
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• Born — December 1911 • Birthplace — Timișoara, Romania • Died — December 2007 • Place of death — Israel • Citizenship — Romanian • Occupation — Photographer
Work and life
Work and life
Löffler trained with Trude Fleischman. She produced photobooks depicting people and landscapes. To enable her work to be published, she had to include photographs of Nicolae Ceauşescu and his family and circle in some of her albums. Löffler was a founding member of the Association of Artist Photographers in Romania (AAFR). She was on the steering committee and as head of exhibitions she decided which Romanian artist photographers were allowed to exhibit internationally.
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1911
Hedy Löffler born at Timișoara.
2007
Hedy Löffler died at Israel.
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Timișoara.
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Löffler was awarded Honorary Fellowship of the International Federation of Photographic Art.
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- 1.Dumitran, Adriana. Three Romanian Photographers under the Communist Regime: Hedy Löffler, Clara Spitzer and Liana Grill. Women of Photography: A 24-Hour Conference-a-thon Celebrating International Women's Day 2025. University of Mississippi. 2025-03-08.
- 2.Klein, Uschi. Picturing the Female Gaze. Photography as a Form of Cultural Resistance during Romania's Communist Era. Miejsce. 7. 13. 2021. 2956-4158.
- 3.Hedy Löffler. Nasui Collection & Archives.
- 4.Moldovan, Eliodor. ESTetica fotografică în România anilor '80. Ministrul Educației și Cercetării. 2003.
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Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the heading Hedy Löffler-Weisselberger. Her recorded languages were Romanian and German.
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