Henry Ries
Henry Ries (September 22, 1917 – May 24, 2004) was a photographer who worked for New York Times. His most famous photo was of "The Berlin Air Lift" which was later made into a U.S. Postage Stamp commemorative. • Illustration — Berliners watching a C-54 land at Tempelhof Airport (1948) Ries was born in Berlin and grew up in Germany, but sensed the impending doom of Hitler's political style and, as a Jew, emigrated to the United States in 1937. He eventually returned to the Third Reich forced to renew his US immigration papers there.
Also recorded as Heinz Ries
Henry Ries
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- Born
- 1917 · Berlin.
- Died
- 2004 · New York.
- Nationality
- Germany · United States
- Occupation
- photographer · journalist · translator · designer
- Honours
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Languages
- German
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Born at Berlin in 1917, died in New York in 2004.
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Henry Ries (22 September 1917 – 24 May 2004) was a photographer and “Politischer Flüchtling”. Henry Ries was born on 22 September 1917; the birthplace is recorded as Berlin by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and as Ghent, NY by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Henry Ries died on 24 May 2004.
The recorded working language is German. Work by Henry Ries is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art and Photography Collection. Distinctions recorded are Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Berlin memorial plaque, Henry Ries, Meinekestraße 12, Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Germany
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Grab von Henry Ries (Luftbrückenfotograf) auf dem Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf
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