Lotte Jacobi

American · 1896–1990 · Photographer

Lotte Jacobi was a leading German-American portrait photographer and photojournalist, known for her high-contrast black-and-white portrait photography, characterized by… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Lotte Jacobi, Photogenic, 1946, Vintage. SilbergelatinepapierPhotogenicGrisebach · €4,760≈ $7,015≈ £3,402Sign up to see
  2. Lotte Jacobi, Albert Einstein, Physicist, Princeton, N.J., 1938, Gelatin silver print, printed laterAlbert Einstein, Physicist, Princeton, N.J.Phillips · $5,000≈ £3,851≈ €4,347Sign up to see
  3. Lotte Jacobi, Photogenic, 1946, Vintage. Silbergelatineabzug, kameralose Photographie auf strukturiertem, chamoisfarbenem Papier. UnikatPhotogenicGrisebach · €4,250≈ $4,732≈ £3,092Sign up to see

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Lotte Jacobi was a leading German-American portrait photographer and photojournalist, known for her high-contrast black-and-white portrait photography, characterized by intimate, sometimes dramatic, sometimes idiosyncratic and often definitive humanist depictions of both ordinary people in the United States and Europe and some of the most important artists, thinkers and activists of the 20th century. Ruth Jacobi was her sister.

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Born 1896, ToruńDied 1990, ConcordOccupation PhotographerWikidata Q70006 ↗ULAN 500032009 ↗

Also known as J. Lotte Jacobi, Jacobi, Johanna Alexandra Jacobi, Johanna Alexandra Jacobi Reiss, Lotte Jacobi Reiss, Lotte Johanna Jacobi, Lotti Jacobi, Miss Lotte Jacobi

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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