Lucien Aigner

Lucien Aigner (Érsekújvár, 1901 - Waltham, 1999) is a Photographe Hungarian and one of the first photojournalists.

The first camera of Aigner was Brownie which it used as of the 9 years age to photograph its family. In 1926, Aigner was to defer for Az Is, a Hungarian press group of which it becomes soon one of the photographer. He learns how itself to make use of a Leica which marks a rupture in the cameras of the time by facilitating the catch of sight in natural light.

In 1935, at the time of the conference of Stressed, whereas it is corresponding of London General Close in Paris, Aigner photographs Benito Mussolini whereas it ready to sneeze: photography makes the cover of Newsweek in 1940 and establishes Aigner like an important photojournalist. In 1941, it leaves France for the United States to escape persecutions from the Nazis.

Aigner then takes photographs of Albert Einstein who teaches with the Université of Princeton. These photographs are among most famous of Aigner. Einstein considered these best photographs commes than itself was done.

Work of Lucien Aigner appears in major collections of which that of the Metropolitan Museum off Art, the Museum off Modern Art, the Smithsonian, International Center off Photography of New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the National library of France, in Paris.

Contemporary of Brassaï and Kertesz, of famous photographers of Hungarian origin, like him, Aigner probably was subject to their influence and, perhaps, itself it also influenced them.

Refer

Jeffrey, Ian et al. (1997). The Photography Book . London: Phaidon Close Limited. ISBN 0-7148-4488-8

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