Walther Benser
Walther Benser (23 October 1912 – 21 April 2002) was a photographer, photo journalist and merchant from Germany. He traveled as a freelance photographer with a Leica camera, gave slide lecture tours and established the stock photo agency ZEFA. In 1989 he gave a presentation "Sixty Years with the Leica" at the Leica Historical Society of America meeting in Philadelphia. He was married to painter Ursula Benser (née Heuser), daughter of painter Werner Heuser.
Walther Benser
Walther Benser · Titelbild Prospekt "en Leica-afton med Walther Benser", Schweden, Februar 1958 · Public domain
- Name
- Walther Benser
- Born
- 23 October 1912
- Died
- 21 April 2002
- Occupation
- Photographer
- Nationality
- Germany
- Fields
- photography
- Languages
- German
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Walther Benser (23 October 1912 – 21 April 2002) was a photographer, photo journalist and merchant from Germany. He traveled as a freelance photographer with a Leica camera, gave slide lecture tours and established the stock photo agency ZEFA. In 1989 he gave a presentation "Sixty Years with the Leica" at the Leica Historical Society of America meeting in Philadelphia. He was married to painter Ursula Benser (née Heuser), daughter of painter Werner Heuser.
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Walther Benser (1912–2002) was a German journalist, photographer and stock photographer. Born in Frankfurt, the journalist died in Domburg. Walther Benser was active in photography. Languages used include German.
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• Name — Walther Benser • Born — 23 October 1912 • Died — 21 April 2002 • Occupation — Photographer • Illustration — Poster for color slide presentation by Benser subtitled "Made with light and shadow"
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Walther Benser is recorded with the occupation stock photographer. Recorded as photographer and journalist.
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1912
Walther Benser was born on 23 October 1912.
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Walther Benser died on 21 April 2002.
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- 1.H. Greenwood. The British Journal of Photography. 301. 1965.
- 2.Leica Historical Society of America schedule
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- Walther Benser (1957). Wir photographieren farbig. Europäischer Buchklub.
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