Erich Hartmann

(American/German, 1922–1999)

girl in bus and figures in street during snowstorm. new york city, usa by erich hartmann

Erich Hartmann

Girl in bus and figures in street during snowstorm. New York City, USA, 1967

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new york city, usa by erich hartmann

Erich Hartmann

New York City, USA, 1977

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man in street under the brooklyn bridge. new york, usa by erich hartmann

Erich Hartmann

Man in street under the Brooklyn Bridge. New York, USA, 1955

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limelight coffee house and gallery in greenwich village. new york, usa by erich hartmann

Erich Hartmann

Limelight coffee house and gallery in Greenwich Village. New York, USA, 1954

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Biography

Timeline

1922
Born in Munich, Germany
1938
Went with his family to Albany, NY as a refugee from Nazi Germany
1954
Member of Magnum Photos
1985
President of Magnum Photos
1999
Died in New York, NY on 4 February
Evening Classes to complete high school, Albany, NY
Evening Courses at Siena College, Loudonville, NY
Photography Courses with Berenice Abbott and Alexei Brodovitch, New York, NY
Photokina Award, Cologne, Germany
International Award from Centro di Ricerca e Archiviazione della Fotografia, Spilimbergo, Italy

Exhibitions

2008
A Place in Maine – Magnum Gallery, Paris
Music-Makers – United World College of the Adriatic, Duino, Italy
2007
Mannequin Factory – Ikona Gallery, Venice, Italy
2006
Writing with Light – Atlas Gallery, London
2005
Writing with Light - Artefact Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Dublin 1964 - Memphis in May - Robinson Gallery Memphis, TN
2004
Dublin 1964 - Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Ireland
Security, Privilege and Freedom: A Transatlantic Crossing on Queen Elizabeth South Street Seaport Museum, New York, NY
2000 - 2002
Where I Was - Fotohof, Salzburg, Austria; Leica Gallery, New York, USA; Sankt Anna Kapelle, Passau, Germany; Jewish Museum, Munich, Germany; Leica Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1995 - 2000
In the Camps, Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France; Goethe House, New York, USA; Leica Gallery, New York, USA; NGBK Gallery, Berlin, Germany; Kunsthaus, Hamburg, Germany; St. Anna Kapelle, Passau, Germany; National Monument, Camp Vught, Netherlands; Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy; Villa Cian, Spilimbergo, Italy; Sala San Leonardo, Venice, Italy and other venues in US and Europe

Literature

2000
Where I Was, Otto Muller Verlag, Austria
1995
In The Camps, W.W. Norton Company USA; UK, (Dans le silence des camps), La Martinière, France; (Stumme Zeugen : Photographien aus konzentrazionslagern), Lambert Schneider, Germany; Il Silenzio dei campi, Contrasto, Italy
1972
Space: Focus Earth, The European Space Research Organization and Arcade, USA; L'Europe des satellites, hommes et techniques, Arcade, France
1965
About OXO, Spectator Publications, USA