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German photojournalist
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Leipzig, Leipzig District, German Democratic Republic, Germany
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Hamburg, Germany
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87 years
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Biography
Erich Andres (b. 1905 Leipzig, d. 1992 Hamburg) was a German war photographer and photojournalist.
Biography
From 1921-23 Andres 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 German Navy.
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One of Andres' photographs, of girls in traditional costumes dancing a 'Ring o' Roses', was selected by Edward Steichen for the world-touring Museum of Modern Art exhibition The Family of Man,that was seen by 9 million visitors, and for its catalogue. His photography of the destruction of Hamburg by Allied aerial bombardment provides a rare German perspective.
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