- Exclusive offers
- Inspiring new releases
- Personal invitations to Art Events
Erich Salomon
Born in Berlin in 1886, the lawyer and gentleman Erich Salomon, managed to gain entry to legal processes and, above all, conferences with leading statesmen, as a photojournalist. He moved… Read more
Intro Bio
Background Information about Erich Salomon
Introduction
Bio
1886 | born in Berlin |
Studied law in Munich and Berlin, JD | |
1926 | First began working with photography and after a contracted project with Ullstein, became a successful freelance photojournalist for German and international newspapers. |
Created numerous reportages consisting mostly of photographs from international conferences and society clubs of the Weimar Republic, Western Europe and the USA. | |
1933 | Emigrated to the Netherlands |
1944 | After the German occupation of the Netherlands he was denounced and murdered along with his wife and youngest son in Auschwitz |
since 1971 | “Dr. Erich-Salomon-Prize“/ German Society of Photography (DGPh) Award |