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Also Known As Andreas Bernhard Lyonel Feininger
Born December 27, 1906 • Paris • France
Died February 18, 1999 (aged 92) • New York City • New York
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Notable Family Members father Lyonel Feininger
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Alfred Eisenstaedt
Alfred Eisenstaedt
American photographer
Self-portrait by André Kertész, 1927.
André Kertész
Hungarian-born American photographer
Margaret Bourke-White
Margaret Bourke-White
American photographer
W. Eugene Smith
American photographer
Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange
American photographer
James Nachtwey
James Nachtwey
American photojournalist
Capa, self-portrait photograph
Robert Capa
American photographer
Ernst Haas, photograph by Erich Hartmann.
Ernst Haas
Austrian photographer
Werner Bischof
Swiss photographer
Imogen Cunningham: photograph of Alfred Stieglitz
Alfred Stieglitz
American photographer
Ansel Adams: Mount Williamson—Clearing Storm
Ansel Adams
American photographer
Winslow Homer: Breezing Up (A Fair Wind)
Winslow Homer
American artist
Paul Strand
American photographer
Sally Mann
American photographer
Minor White
Minor White
American photographer
The artist and her tool
Diane Arbus
American photographer
Szarkowski, John
John Szarkowski
American photographer and curator
Stefan Lorant
American journalist
Weegee
American photographer
Henry Luce and Clare Boothe Luce
Henry Luce
American publisher