Photography: Andreas feininger

1. Andreas Feininger
Andreas Bernhard
Lyonel Feininger (27
December 1906 - 18
February 1999) was a
German American
photographer, and
writer on photographic
technique, noted for his
dynamic black-and-
white scenes of
Manhattan and studies
of the structure of
natural objects.

2. Background
Professional career
• Feininger became famous for his
photographs of New York. He rarely did he
photograph people or make portraits.
Feininger wrote comprehensive manuals
about photography, of which the best
known is The Complete Photographer.
• In the introduction to one of Feininger's
books of photographs, Ralph Hattersley
described him as "one of the great
architects who helped create photography
as we know it today."
• In 1966, the American Society of Media
Photographers (ASMP) awarded Feininger
its highest distinction, the Robert Leavitt
Award. In 1991, the International Center of
Photography awarded Feininger the Infinity
Lifetime Achievement Award.

3. Imagery
• Full of towering skyscrapers, broad swaths of road, and
angles of geometric perfection, Feininger's works are
masterful in their technical excellence and panoramic
grandeur. Such timeless images as New York Landscape
Seen From Eight Miles Away in New Jersey, 1947 are
notable for their harmony, balance, and grand scale.
• Through Feininger's trained eye, the beauty and
intricacies of both the natural and man-made world were
magnified and intensified. From the broad span of
bridges, exuding progress and power, to the symmetrical
perfection of the skeleton of a carbon viper, Feininger's
images revealed a new aesthetic of order and geometric
perfection.
• Feininger had said that the city had attracted him since his
earliest days as a photographer. But in time this love grew
to include all the aspects of the city and its buildings, its
people, its cars and traffic jams, its confusion and even its
ugliness. “I see the city as a living organism: dynamic,
sometimes violent, and even brutal, he stated. “

4. Bibliography
• http://www.geh.org/fm/feininger/m197806060506.jpg
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Feininger
• http://www.gallerym.com/artist.cfm?ID=23
• http://www.gallerym.com/artist.cfm?ID=23
• The complete photographer