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Erich Lessing (13 July 1923 – 29 August 2018) was an Austrian photographer. Lessing became a full member of Magnum Photos in 1955 and was a contributor since 1979. His portraits of poets, musicians, physicists and astronomers were published in around 60 books.
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Erich Lessing (13 July 1923 – 29 August 2018) was an Austrian photographer. Lessing became a full member of Magnum Photos in 1955 and was a contributor since 1979. His portraits of poets, musicians, physicists and astronomers were published in around 60 books.
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Career Lessing was born in Vienna into a Jewish family, the son of a dentist and a concert pianist. Before completing high school, he was forced to leave Austria in 1939 because of Hitler's rise to power. He immigrated to the British Mandate for Palestine (now Israel). His mother remained in Vienna and later was murdered at Auschwitz. While in Israel, Lessing studied radio engineering at the Technion and then worked agricultural jobs on kibbutzim. He then joined the British Army as a photographer and aviator. After World War II, Lessing returned to Austria in 1947 and joined the Associated Press. David Seymour invited Lessing to join Magnum Photos in 1951 and Lessing became a full member in 1955. His photographs were published in Time, Fortune, Life, Paris Match, Picture Post, Epoca and Quick. He documented politics in post-war Europe, especially in Communist countries. In the 1960s, Lessing turned to more cultural subjects such as art, science, and history, by taking portraits of poets, musicians, physicists, and astronomers. With these photographs, Lessing produced around 60 books. Lessing taught in Arles, France, at the Venice Biennale, at the Salzburg Summer Academy, and at the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna. His…
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Personal life Lessing was married to the Time journalist Traudl Lessing until her death in 2016. Together they had three children, four grandchildren, and one great-grandson. Lessing later married Renée Kronfuss-Lessing, a psychotherapist. He lived in Vienna, Austria. Lessing died in August 2018.
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Publications Szene (Scene). Vienna, Austria: de:Österreichische Staatsdruckerei, 1954. OCLC 2216800
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Imago Austriae Imago Austriae. Freiburg im Breisgau, Austria: Herder, 1963. Edited by Otto Schulmeister, Johann Christoph Allmeyer-Beck and Lessing. OCLC 74355752 Freiburg im Breisgau. Austria: Herder, 1967. OCLC 3468261
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1965 Die Odyssee. Herder, Deutschland 1966 The Voyages of Ulysses. MacMillan, United Kingdom The Adventures of Ulysses: Homer's Epic in Pictures. New York: Dodd Mead, 1970. ISBN 978-0-396-06251-6. 1970 Las Aventuras de Ulises. Herder, Spain 1970 De Avonturen van Odysseus. Becht, The Netherlands
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1966 De Odyssee, Becht. The Netherlands 1969 Die Abenteuer des Odysseus. Herder, Deutschland 1969 Odysséen. Allhems Förlag, Sweden. 1966 Römisches Erinnerungsbuch (Roman memoirs). Herder, Germany 1967 Entdecker des Weltraums (Explorers of outer space). Herder, Germany
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1968 Die Arche Noah. Molden, Austria 1968 The Story of Noah. Time Life, USA 1968 Het Verhall van Noach. Elsevier, The Netherlands 1968 Berättelsen om Noa. Norstedt & Söners Förlag, Schweden
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1969 Reminiscenze Romane. Edizioni Paoline, Italy 1969 Rome Remembered. Burns & Oates, United Kingdom / Herder & Herder, USA 1969 Discoverers of Space. Burns & Oates, United Kingdom / Herder & Herder, USA The Bible. 1969 Die Bibel. Die Geschichte Israels und seines Glaubens, Herder, Germany 1969 Verité et Poésie de la Bible (Poetry and Truth of the Bible). Hatier, France 1969 Verità e poesia della Bibbia. Edizioni Paoline, Italy The Bible: History and Culture of a People. A Pictorial narration. Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany: Herder and Herder, 1970. ISBN 978-0-333-12102-3. 1969 Deutsche Reise (German Travel). Ein Erinnerungsbuch, Herder, Germany 1969 Die Wiener Oper (The Vienna Opera). Molden, Austria
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1971 Ravenna. Steine reden, Herder, Germany 1971 Der Mann aus Galiläa (The Man of Galilee). Herder, Germany Jesus. History & Culture Of The New Testament 1971 Jesus. History & Culture Of The New Testament. Herder & Herder, USA 1971 De man van Nazareth. Becht, The Netherlands
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The Spanish Riding School of Vienna 1972 Die Spanische Hofreitschule zu Wien. Molden, Austria 1972 The Spanish Riding School of Vienna. Molden, Austria 1972 La Haute Ecole Espagnole de Vienne. Albin Michel, France 1972 De Spaanse rijschool in Wenen. C.A.J. van Dishoeck, Belgium 1973 Traumstraßen durch Deutschland (Dream Roads Germany). Molden, Austria 1974 Die K & K Armee (The K & K army). Bertelsmann, Germany. 1975 Das Schönste aus der Spanischen Hofreitschule (The best of the Spanish Riding School). Molden, Austria
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1975 L’Opéra de Paris, Hatier, France Deutsche Ritter, Deutsche Burgen. By Lessing and Werner Meyer. Germany: Bertelsmann, 1976. 1999. ISBN 978-3828902824. 1976 Gott sprach zu Abraham (God said to Abraham). Herder, Germany. 1976 Le Message de l‘Espérance (The Message of Hope). Hatier, France. 1977 Die Griechischen Sagen (The Greek Legends), Bertelsmann, Germany
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On The Roads of France 1978 Traumstraße Donau (Dream Roads Danube). Molden, Austria. 1978 Traumstraßen durch Frankreich (Dream Roads France), Molden, Austria 1978 Sur Les Routes de France (On The Roads of France), Arthaud, France 1978 Die kaiserlichen Kriegsvölker (The Imperial War Peoples), Bertelsmann, Germany
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1979 Die Kelten, Herder, Germany 1979 De Kelten, Standaard Uitgeverij, The Netherlands
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1979 Ludwig van Beethoven, Herder, Germany 1980 Deutsche Schlösser, Deutsche Fürsten, Bertelsmann, Germany
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1980 Paulus, Herder, Germany 1982 Paulus - Der Völkerapostel, Herder, Germany 1980 Les voyages de Saint Paul, Hatier, France