Fred Stein: Paris New York
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"I met Fred when we were both refugees fighting the totalitarian Nazi regime with our rather modest means. For his time he was very avant-garde, a brilliant photographer whose pictures reflected that he was inspired by the pursuit of justice and concern for truth." Willy Brandt, 1983
Fred Stein (1909, Dresden – 1967, New York) was a master of street photography. As a pioneer with the hand-held camera, he accurately captured moments of daily life in the streets of the big city. They were taken after Stein emigrated from Nazi Germany to Paris in 1933 and later to New York. The same immediacy also characterizes his haunting portraits of great personalities of the time, including Albert Einstein, Georgia O'Keeffe, Marc Chagall and the double portrait of Gerda Taro and Robert Capa, rediscovered in the legendary Mexican Suitcase. Stein's photographs are an essential document of the history of the 20th century and an important part of the history of photography. Fred Stein's works are represented in numerous collections, e.g. in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington; International Center of Photography, New York; National Portrait Gallery, Washington; The Center for Creative Photography, Tucson; Musee Carnavalet, Paris; Jewish Museum, New York. Stein left behind a complex and extensive work, which is presented here for the first time in a comprehensive publication.
The new edition of Paris New York appears on the occasion of the premiere of the documentary film Light out of Darkness: The Photography of Fred Stein.
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