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'''Lotte Meitner-Graf''' (1899-1973) was a noted [[Austrians|Austrian]] black and white portrait photographer.
'''Lotte Meitner-Graf''' (1899-1973) was a noted [[Austrians|Austrian]] black and white portrait photographer.


Meitner-Graf moved to England with her family in 1937, opening her own studio at 23 [[Bond Street|Old Bond Street]] in London in 1953.<ref>[http://www.dse.nl/~jetse/lottemeitner/index.htm Jetse Reijenga's page on Lotte Meitner] (Accessed April 2012)</ref><ref>Beaton,Cecil and Buckland, Gail (1989) ''The magic image: the genius of photography'', Pavilion</ref><ref>[http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=CV%2FPers%2FGraf%2C%20Lotte%20Meitner%20-%20(d%201973)%20photographer Janus:Graf, Lotte Meitner - (d 1973) photographer] (Accessed April 2012)</ref><ref>[http://www.paulfrecker.com/pictureDetails.cfm?pagetype=home&typeID=5&ID=5777 Paul Frecker - 19th Century Photography London] (Accessed April 2012)</ref> Frisch, in his Times obituary, noted that there "can be few educated people who have not seen one of Lotte Meitner-Graf’s photographic portraits, either on a book jacket (for instance, Bertrand Russell’s autobiography, or Antony Hopkins’s Music all around me) or on a record sleeve or concert programme."<ref name="frisch-times">Frisch, O. R. (1973) Obituary: Lotte Meitner-Graf (1899-1973) ''The Times'', 2 May</ref>
Meitner-Graf moved to England with her family in 1937, opening her own studio at 23 [[Bond Street|Old Bond Street]] in London in 1953.<ref>[http://www.dse.nl/~jetse/lottemeitner/index.htm Jetse Reijenga's page on Lotte Meitner] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20120728181521/http://www.dse.nl/~jetse/lottemeitner/index.htm |date=2012-07-28 }} (Accessed April 2012)</ref><ref>Beaton,Cecil and Buckland, Gail (1989) ''The magic image: the genius of photography'', Pavilion</ref><ref>[http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=CV%2FPers%2FGraf%2C%20Lotte%20Meitner%20-%20(d%201973)%20photographer Janus:Graf, Lotte Meitner - (d 1973) photographer] (Accessed April 2012)</ref><ref>[http://www.paulfrecker.com/pictureDetails.cfm?pagetype=home&typeID=5&ID=5777 Paul Frecker - 19th Century Photography London] (Accessed April 2012)</ref> Frisch, in his Times obituary, noted that there "can be few educated people who have not seen one of Lotte Meitner-Graf’s photographic portraits, either on a book jacket (for instance, Bertrand Russell’s autobiography, or Antony Hopkins’s Music all around me) or on a record sleeve or concert programme."<ref name="frisch-times">Frisch, O. R. (1973) Obituary: Lotte Meitner-Graf (1899-1973) ''The Times'', 2 May</ref>


She photographed [[Albert Schweitzer]], musicians [[Marian Anderson|Marion Anderson]], Klemperer and Menuhin; actors [[John Gielgud]] and [[Danny Kaye]]; and scientists Lord Blackett, [[William Lawrence Bragg]], [[Dorothy Hodgkin]], and [[Max Perutz]].<ref name="frisch-times" />
She photographed [[Albert Schweitzer]], musicians [[Marian Anderson|Marion Anderson]], Klemperer and Menuhin; actors [[John Gielgud]] and [[Danny Kaye]]; and scientists Lord Blackett, [[William Lawrence Bragg]], [[Dorothy Hodgkin]], and [[Max Perutz]].<ref name="frisch-times" />

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Lotte Meitner-Graf (1899-1973) was a noted Austrian black and white portrait photographer.

Meitner-Graf moved to England with her family in 1937, opening her own studio at 23 Old Bond Street in London in 1953.[1][2][3][4] Frisch, in his Times obituary, noted that there "can be few educated people who have not seen one of Lotte Meitner-Graf’s photographic portraits, either on a book jacket (for instance, Bertrand Russell’s autobiography, or Antony Hopkins’s Music all around me) or on a record sleeve or concert programme."[5]

She photographed Albert Schweitzer, musicians Marion Anderson, Klemperer and Menuhin; actors John Gielgud and Danny Kaye; and scientists Lord Blackett, William Lawrence Bragg, Dorothy Hodgkin, and Max Perutz.[5]

References

  1. ^ Jetse Reijenga's page on Lotte Meitner Archived 2012-07-28 at archive.today (Accessed April 2012)
  2. ^ Beaton,Cecil and Buckland, Gail (1989) The magic image: the genius of photography, Pavilion
  3. ^ Janus:Graf, Lotte Meitner - (d 1973) photographer (Accessed April 2012)
  4. ^ Paul Frecker - 19th Century Photography London (Accessed April 2012)
  5. ^ a b Frisch, O. R. (1973) Obituary: Lotte Meitner-Graf (1899-1973) The Times, 2 May