Kurt Hutton (born Kurt Hübschmann; 1893 in

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

– 1960) was a German-born photographer who pioneered

photojournalism Photojournalism is journalism that uses images to tell a news story. It usually only refers to still images, but can also refer to video used in broadcast journalism. Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography (such ...

in England.

Life

Beginning his career with the Dephot agency in Germany, he migrated to England in 1934 and worked for ''Weekly Illustrated''. He then became one of the founding staff of the groundbreaking pictorial weekly news magazine '' Picture Post''. One of his most famous images used there showed working-class girls enjoying themselves in ''Funfair, Southend, Essex'' (1938). He spent the last decade of his life living in Aldeburgh where he photographed for Benjamin Britten.

References

1893 births 1960 deaths English photojournalists German photojournalists Artists from Strasbourg German emigrants to the United Kingdom Picture Post photojournalists {{UK-photographer-stub