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| Werner Bischof snippet |
| In 1949, he joined Magnum Photos, which at the time was composed of just five other photographers: Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger, David Seymour, and
Ernst Haas. |
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| Werner Bischof |
| Werner Bischof (April 26, 1916 – May 16, 1954) was a Swiss photographer and photojournalist. |
| Bischof was born in Zürich, Switzerland. When he was six years old, the family moved to Waldshut, Germany, where he subsequently went to
school. In 1932, having abandoned studies to become a teacher, he enrolled at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zürich, where he graduated cum
laude in 1936. From 1939 on, he worked as an independent photographer for various magazines, in particular the renowned magazine du based in
Zürich. He travelled extensively from 1945 to 1949 through nearly all European countries from France to Romania and from Norway to Greece. His
works on the devastation in post-war Europe established him as one of the foremost photojournalists of his time. |
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