Maria Eisner (Maria Eisner Lehfeldt; February 8, 1909, in Milan, Italy – March 8, 1991, in New York, New York) was an Italian-American
photographer
A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs.
Duties and types of photographers
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, photo editor and photo agent. She was active in Europe in her early years, and later moved to the
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...
.
Obituary (The New York Times)
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She was one of the founders of Magnum Photos
Magnum Photos is an international photographic cooperative owned by its photographer-members, with offices in New York City, Paris, London and Tokyo. It was founded in 1947 in Paris by photographers Robert Capa, David "Chim" Seymour, Maria Eisn ...
. Before Magnum, she worked for Alliance Photo in Paris.
See also
* David Seymour (Chim)
*George Rodger
George William Adam Rodger (19 March 1908 – 24 July 1995) was a British photojournalist noted for his work in Africa and for photographing the mass deaths at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp at the end of the Second World War.
Life and career ...
References
External links
Obituary (The New York Times)
1909 births
1991 deaths
Photographers from Milan
Italian women photographers
American women photographers
20th-century American photographers
Italian emigrants to the United States
20th-century American women artists
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