ANDREAS FEININGER: MASTER OF FORM

American New York City Downtown skyport, Lower Manhattan by Andreas Feininger, 1940

Andreas Feininger, born December 27, 1906, was a pioneer of modern photography. Born in Paris, son of the painter Lyonel Feininger, Andreas was educated in German public schools and at the Weimar Bauhaus. His interest in photography developed while he was studying architecture, and he worked as both architect and photographer in Germany for four years, until political circumstances made it impossible.

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