helmar lerski

Helmar Lerski (18 February 1871, Strasbourg - 19 September 1956, Zürich) was a photographer who laid some of the important foundations of modern photography. His works are on display in the USA, Germany, Israel and Switzerland. He focused mainly on portraits and the technique of photography with mirrors. His real name was Israel Schmuklerski. The family moved in 1876 to Zurich, Switzerland, where the family was naturalized. In 1888, Lerski emigrated to the United States, where he worked as…

Helmar Lerski (1871 - 1956)

Helmar Lerski (1871 - 1956)

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This week in the magazine, Vince Aletti writes about the Swiss photographer Helmar Lerski (1871-1956). Eighty-eight of Lerski’s remarkable portraits are …

Helmar Lerski (Swiss, born France. 1871 – 1956) PAST EXHIBITIONS AT UBU GALLERY Helmar Lerski (1871-1956): Transformations Through Light | March 19 – June 25, 2010 RELATED PUBLICATIONSHelmar Lerski, Lichtbildner: Fotografien und Filme, 1910-1947…

Helmar LERSKI Buchhändler (portrait of George Wittenborn, bookseller, Berlin), 1927-31

Helmar Lerski. Jeune Talmudiste Yemenien. c.1933. [::SemAp::]

Helmar Lerski. Jeune Talmudiste Yemenien. c.1933. [::SemAp::]

Helmar Lerski. Jeune Talmudiste Yemenien. c.1933. [::SemAp::]

Helmar Lerski (Swiss, born France. 1871 – 1956) PAST EXHIBITIONS AT UBU GALLERY Helmar Lerski (1871-1956): Transformations Through Light | March 19 – June 25, 2010 RELATED PUBLICATIONSHelmar Lerski, Lichtbildner: Fotografien und Filme, 1910-1947…

Helmar Lerski, Human hands, 1933-1940

Helmar Lerski

Art is a journey into the most unknown thing of all - oneself. Nobody knows his own frontiers… I...

Series Köpfe des Alltags: 1928 - 1930, published 1931 source: George Eastman House (Yemenititischer Knabe) “Yemenite Boy” 1933

Series Köpfe des Alltags: 1928 - 1930, published 1931 source: George Eastman House (Yemenititischer Knabe) “Yemenite Boy” 1933