Erwin Blumenfeld (1897-1969)

1897, b. Berlin, 26 January
1917, ambulance driver, bookkeeper for a brothel, WWI
1918, to Holland, painting and collage, one rather nasty collage of Hitler in 1933.
1932, discovers a darkroom and camera in a shop he opens
1936, Paris, Man Ray, Andre Kertesz, Brassai...
1938, Cecil Beaton and Vogue
1940, French concentration camp
1941, Casablanca to New York City, Harper's Bazaar and Vogue.
1955, the rise of Avedon, Penn, Klein
1969, dies of a heart attack, July 4