Name Erich Andres | ||
Erich Andres (b. 1905 Leipzig, d. 1992 Hamburg) was a German war photographer and photojournalist.
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Biography
From 1921-23 he was apprenticed to a typesetter in Dresden. In 1923 he moved to Hamburg and started work as a photojournalist in 1932. In 1937 he documented the Spanish Civil War for the fascist side. During World War II he was a photographer in the Navy.
Recognition
One of his photographs was selected by Edward Steichen for The Family of Man exhibition and book. His photography of the destruction of Hamburg by Allied aerial bombardment provides a rare German perspective
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