Marianne Breslauer (November 20, 1909 – February 7, 2001) was a German photographer, photojournalist and pioneer of street photography. She belonged to a generation of women photographers who managed to take advantage of the freedom afforded them by the Weimar Republic. Her work is a notable example of the “new photography.”
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La Rotonde, Paris, 1930 |
Breslauer’s brief and promising career as a photographer, unfortunately, was cut short by emigration and exile as she was a Jewish woman living under the National-Socialist regime. Her works, however, were published in many leading magazines until 1934 and now form part of the history of photography.
When asked in an interview what made a good shot, Marianne Breslauer answered at once and without any hesitation, “You know because people don’t walk past it in an exhibition, because people are attracted by a page in a magazine or stop browsing a book. Neither technical perfection nor striking subject matter are decisive; what matters is the power of the image, the expression –the secret of the moment captured–”.
Take a look at Breslauer's stunning body of work through these 32 beautiful photos:
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Berlin, 1927 |
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Paul Citroen portrait, Berlin, 1917 |
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On the ferry, Antwerp, 1929 |
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Auteuil, 1929 |
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Untitled, 1929 |
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Summer, 1929 |
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Paris, 1929 |
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Paris, 1929 |
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At the Seine, 1929 |
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Quai de Seine, 1929 |
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Paris, 1929 |
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Untitled, Paris, 1929 |
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Homeless, Paris, 1929 |
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Paul Citroen and Dr. Dausse, Paris, 1929 |
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Shirt with 'KaDeWe, Berlin' label., circa 1930 |
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Acrobatics, Berlin, 1930 |
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Lützowufer Bridge, Berlin, 1930 |
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Christmas display, Berlin, 1930 |
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Alexandria, 1931 |
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Mannequins, Berlin, 1932 |
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Mannequins, Berlin, 1932 |
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Zirkus-Junge, 1932 |
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Zirkus-Junge, 1932 |
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Pamplona, 1933 |
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School girl, Girona, 1933 |
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Annemarie Schwarzenbach crossing the Eiffel Bridge over the Onyar river, Girona, 1933 |
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Annemarie Schwarzenbach with her car and a shepherd in the Pyrenees, 1933 |
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Annemarie Schwarzenbach in her car and some gypsy children, Pyrenees, 1933 |
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Annemarie Schwarzenbach with a friend in Potsdam, 1934 |
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Ruth von Morgen, Berlin, 1934 |
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Défense d’afficher, Paris, 1937 |
(via
Museu Nacional)
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