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'''Maria Eisner''' (Maria Eisner Lehfeldt; February 8, 1909, in Milan, Italy – March 8, 1991, in New York, New York) was an Italian-American [[photographer]], photo editor and photo agent. |
'''Maria Eisner''' (Maria Eisner Lehfeldt; February 8, 1909, in Milan, Italy – March 8, 1991, in New York, New York) was an Italian-American [[photographer]], photo editor and photo agent. |
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== Career == |
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From the 1920s, photographers from Germany, but also Hungary, took refuge in Paris, at the same time as the appearance of photographic magazines with a large circulation. The German group [[Ullstein Verlag|Ullstein]], in particular, employed photojournalists who, fleeing from Nazism, brought their experience in this field to France. Maria Eisner studied in Germany and worked for the illustrated press from the age of twenty, including Berlin publisher [[Martin Hürlimann]], but fled [[Nazi Germany]] in 1932 to France where before the War she contributed to such journals as ''[[Paris Sex-Appeal]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Eisner |date=1 September 1934 |title=Le premier frisson d'automne |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bd6t5370925n |journal=Paris sex-appeal : le magazine le plus parisien : revue mensuelle 0}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Eisner and [[Rapho (agency)|Charles Rado]] were founders of the [[Rapho (agency)|Rapho]] (1932) and Alliance Photo agencies,<ref>Thomas Michael Gunther, Marie de Thézy, ''Alliance Photo, agence photographique 1934-1940''. Cat. exp, [[Bibliothèque historique de la ville de Paris|Bibliothèque historique de la Ville de Paris]], 1988-1989. Paris : BHVP, 1988.</ref> and both came from Ullstein, as did [[Stefan Lorant]], based in England, among others. Rapho attracted the great photographers of Eastern Europe, [[Brassaï]], [[Nora Dumas]], [[Ergy Landau]], [[Ylla]], etc. After the war, Raymond Grasset, its new director, expanded the business. |
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Alliance Photo, founded in 1934, brought together Eisner's friends from Studio Zuber'';'' Robert Capa, Pierre Boucher, David Seymour, Emeric Feher, René Zuber and Denise Bellon. Its clients included ''Art et Médecine'', ''Arts et Métiers graphiques'', ''Fiat Revue'', ''[[Le Monde illustré]]'', ''Paris-Magazine'', ''Pour lire à deux'', ''Visages du monde'', ''Voilà'' and ''[[Vu (magazine)|Vu]]''. Images from Alliance Photo were also distributed internationally and published in the United States, Great Britain, Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands due to Eisner contacts abroad with agencies such as [[Black Star (photo agency)|Black Star]] in New York or ABC-Press in Amsterdam. Consequently the agency's photographers enjoyed a growing reputation outside France with Bellon, Boucher, Feher and Verger being invited by [[Beaumont Newhall]] to participate in a show of European photography in New York.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gunther |first=Thomas Michael |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/409749822 |title=Dictionnaire de la photo. |date=1996 |publisher=Larousse |isbn=2-03-750014-9 |location=Paris |pages=27 |language=fr |chapter=Alliance Photo: agence photographique (Paris 1934-1940 et 1944-1946) |oclc=409749822}}</ref> |
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Alliance Photo ceased its activities at the end of the autumn of 1939, as Eisner, a Jew, had to flee Paris at the time of the occupation. Considered a German ally, she was interned in June 1940 in the [[Gurs internment camp|Gurs camp]] in the [[Pyrenees]]. Liberated in August, she transited via [[Portugal]] to emigrate to the [[United States]].<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE2DA153EF933A25750C0A967958260 Obituary (The New York Times)]</ref> where she spent the end of the Second World War. The agency she founded was briefly re-established after the war as A.D.E.P. (Agence de documentation et d’édition photographiques) run by Suzanne and Pierre Boucher. |
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== Magnum == |
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Eisner was one of the founders of [[Magnum Photos]]. In May 1947, [[Robert Capa]] organised a meeting over lunch at the Museum of Modern Art in New York with Eisner and ''LIFE'' magazine's [[William Vandivert|Bill Vandivert]] and his wife, Rita, to establish Magnum Photos, Inc. Though Henri Cartier-Bresson, David ‘‘Chim’’ Seymour, and George Rodger were not told of the meeting, they were nevertheless made Magnum's vice-presidents. The seven members became the original shareholders of Magnum which was to have offices in New York and Paris, to be run respectively by their new president, Rita Vandivert, and secretary and treasurer Maria Eisner. Bill and Rita Vandivert left Magnum in 1948 and Eisner took over as president. She married Dr. Hans Lehfeldt with whom she had a son, Richard. Capa took over as president in 1951, asking Eisner to leave when she became pregnant.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60402034 |title=Encyclopedia of twentieth-century photography |date=2006 |publisher=Routledge |others= |isbn=978-1-57958-393-4 |editor-last=Warren |editor-first=Lynne |location=New York |pages=994-5 |oclc=60402034}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 10:18, 23 April 2023
Maria Eisner | |
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| Born | Maria Eisner Lehfeldt February 8, 1909 |
| Died | March 8, 1991 (aged 82) |
| Occupation | Photographer |
Maria Eisner (Maria Eisner Lehfeldt; February 8, 1909, in Milan, Italy – March 8, 1991, in New York, New York) was an Italian-American photographer, photo editor and photo agent.
Career
From the 1920s, photographers from Germany, but also Hungary, took refuge in Paris, at the same time as the appearance of photographic magazines with a large circulation. The German group Ullstein, in particular, employed photojournalists who, fleeing from Nazism, brought their experience in this field to France. Maria Eisner studied in Germany and worked for the illustrated press from the age of twenty, including Berlin publisher Martin Hürlimann, but fled Nazi Germany in 1932 to France where before the War she contributed to such journals as Paris Sex-Appeal[1]
Eisner and Charles Rado were founders of the Rapho (1932) and Alliance Photo agencies,[2] and both came from Ullstein, as did Stefan Lorant, based in England, among others. Rapho attracted the great photographers of Eastern Europe, Brassaï, Nora Dumas, Ergy Landau, Ylla, etc. After the war, Raymond Grasset, its new director, expanded the business.
Alliance Photo, founded in 1934, brought together Eisner's friends from Studio Zuber; Robert Capa, Pierre Boucher, David Seymour, Emeric Feher, René Zuber and Denise Bellon. Its clients included Art et Médecine, Arts et Métiers graphiques, Fiat Revue, Le Monde illustré, Paris-Magazine, Pour lire à deux, Visages du monde, Voilà and Vu. Images from Alliance Photo were also distributed internationally and published in the United States, Great Britain, Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands due to Eisner contacts abroad with agencies such as Black Star in New York or ABC-Press in Amsterdam. Consequently the agency's photographers enjoyed a growing reputation outside France with Bellon, Boucher, Feher and Verger being invited by Beaumont Newhall to participate in a show of European photography in New York.[3]
Alliance Photo ceased its activities at the end of the autumn of 1939, as Eisner, a Jew, had to flee Paris at the time of the occupation. Considered a German ally, she was interned in June 1940 in the Gurs camp in the Pyrenees. Liberated in August, she transited via Portugal to emigrate to the United States.[4] where she spent the end of the Second World War. The agency she founded was briefly re-established after the war as A.D.E.P. (Agence de documentation et d’édition photographiques) run by Suzanne and Pierre Boucher.
Magnum
Eisner was one of the founders of Magnum Photos. In May 1947, Robert Capa organised a meeting over lunch at the Museum of Modern Art in New York with Eisner and LIFE magazine's Bill Vandivert and his wife, Rita, to establish Magnum Photos, Inc. Though Henri Cartier-Bresson, David ‘‘Chim’’ Seymour, and George Rodger were not told of the meeting, they were nevertheless made Magnum's vice-presidents. The seven members became the original shareholders of Magnum which was to have offices in New York and Paris, to be run respectively by their new president, Rita Vandivert, and secretary and treasurer Maria Eisner. Bill and Rita Vandivert left Magnum in 1948 and Eisner took over as president. She married Dr. Hans Lehfeldt with whom she had a son, Richard. Capa took over as president in 1951, asking Eisner to leave when she became pregnant.[5]
See also
- David Seymour (Chim)
- George Rodger
References
- ^ Eisner (1 September 1934). "Le premier frisson d'automne". Paris sex-appeal : le magazine le plus parisien : revue mensuelle 0.
- ^ Thomas Michael Gunther, Marie de Thézy, Alliance Photo, agence photographique 1934-1940. Cat. exp, Bibliothèque historique de la Ville de Paris, 1988-1989. Paris : BHVP, 1988.
- ^ Gunther, Thomas Michael (1996). "Alliance Photo: agence photographique (Paris 1934-1940 et 1944-1946)". Dictionnaire de la photo (in French). Paris: Larousse. p. 27. ISBN 2-03-750014-9. OCLC 409749822.
- ^ Obituary (The New York Times)
- ^ Warren, Lynne, ed. (2006). Encyclopedia of twentieth-century photography. New York: Routledge. pp. 994–5. ISBN 978-1-57958-393-4. OCLC 60402034.
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