Erich Balg
Johannes Hugo Erich Balg (born October 5, 1904 in Berlin , † 1977 in Prien am Chiemsee ) was a German photographer .
Balg received his training from 1921 to 1923 in the studio of his father, the court photographer Martin Balg , after which he attended the teaching and research institute for photography, chemical graphics, collotype and engraving in Munich . After completing his training, he worked as a portrait photographer in the Berlin studio Binder . In 1933, together with the architect Fritz Breuhaus, he founded Contempora, a school for applied craftsmanship , which he directed until it closed in 1938. He did his military service from 1940 to 1945 as an aerial photo evaluator in Golm near Potsdam . After the war he ran a studio for fashion and advertising photography in Hamburg until 1967 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Birth register StA Berlin IX, No. 1565/1904
literature
- Ulrich Pohlmann, Simone Förster (ed.): The elegance of the dictatorship. Fashion photographs in German magazines 1936–1943 . Catalog of the exhibition of the same name in the Münchner Stadtmuseum November 9, 2001 to January 20, 2002. Wolf & Sohn, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-934609-03-1 , p. 67.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bellow, Erich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 5, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1977 |
| Place of death | Prien am Chiemsee |