- Helmar Lerski
Helmar Lerski (
February 18 ,1871 , Strasbourg -September 19 ,1956 , Zürich) was a photographer who laid some of the important foundations of modernphotography . His works are on display in the USA, Germany, Israel and Switzerland. He focused mainly on portraits and the technique of photography with mirrors.His real name was Israel Schmuklerski. The family moved in 1876 to
Zurich ,Switzerland , where the family was naturalized. In 1888, Lerski emigrated to theUnited States , where he worked as an actor. Around 1910, he began to photograph. In 1915, he returned to Europe and worked as a cameraman and expert for special effects for many films, includingFritz Lang 's "Metropolis ". At the end of the 1920s, he made a name as an avant-garde portrait photographer.In 1932, he emigrated with his second wife to
Palestine , where he continued to work as a photographer, cameraman, and film director. OnMarch 22 ,1948 , they left Palestine and settled again in Zurich.Photographic work
*Series "Köpfe des Alltags": 1928 - 1930, published 1931
*Series "Metamorphosen": 1936, published 1982Publications
*Lerski, H.: "Köpfe des Alltags", Berlin: Verlag Hermann Rockendorf, 1931.
*Ebner, F.: "Metamorphosen des Gesichts. Die "Verwandlungen durch Licht" von Helmar Lerski." Steidl Verlag, Göttingen 2002. ISBN 3882438088.
*Eskildsen, U. (ed.); Lerski, H.: "Verwandlungen durch Licht. Metamorphosis through Light,", Freren: Luca, 1982.
*Eskildsen, U.; Horak, J.-C.: "Helma Lerski, Lichtbildner. Fotografien und Filme 1910-1947", Folkwang Essen 1982.External links
* [http://www.fotostiftung.ch/index.php?id=31 Helmar Lerski: Metamorphose] ", in German.
* [http://www.museum-folkwang.de/index.php?id=3339 Museum Folkwang] ,Essen ,Germany . In German.
* [http://www.art-magazin.de/div/heftarchiv/2002/4/OGOWTEGWPPWPRPOGOTPCSGAASCCGWTRWPPPT/Das-Gesicht-als-Landschaft Article about "Metamorphosen"] , Art Magazin, 2002.
* [http://www.geh.org/fm/mismis/htmlsrc7/lerski_sld00001.html Some images from "Köpfe des Alltags"] at theGeorge Eastman House .
*Loewy, R.: " [http://www.cine-holocaust.de/mat/fbw000299dmat.html Adamah - Helmar Lerski's letzter Film] ". In German.
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