Othmar Pferschy

Othmar Pferschy: Othmar Pferschy (October 16, 1898 - April 7, 1984) was a photographer. He was born in Graz, Austria and died in Munich, Germany. He worked primarily in Turkey; his daughter bequeathed his entire archive to the Istanbul Modern. Pferschy began as a well-paid assistant to renowned Romanian Jewish photographer Jean Weinberg, who hired him in 1926, before opening his own Istanbul studio in 1931.

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"Othmar Pferscy, at the Golden Horn in a 10-th of the Musee d'Orsay". de Volkskrant. 2006-02-28. http://www.vkblog.nl/bericht/34907. Retrieved 2009-06-24.

Özendes, Engin (2006). "Othmar Pferschy". American College of Greece. http://www.acgart.gr/acg-collection/artists/P/PfeO/PfeO-bio.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-24.

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Name Pferschy, Othmar

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Date of birth 1898-10-16

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Date of death 1984-04-07

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