Horacio Coppola
Horacio Coppola (born July 31, 1906 in Buenos Aires , † June 18, 2012 there ) was an Argentine photographer . Together with Annemarie Heinrich , Grete Stern , Anatole Saderman and Juan Di Sandro, he was one of the pioneers of photography in Argentina and a representative of modernism.
Life
At the age of 21 he provided the pictures for the biography of Evaristo Carriego by Jorge Luis Borges . In 1929 he helped found the first Cine Club of Buenos Aires, of which he was president. On a trip to Europe he acquired a Leica camera with which he worked all his life. While studying at the Bauhaus , he met Grete Stern , whom he married. After training with Walter Peterhans , he returned to Argentina with Grete Stein in 1936 and opened his own studio.
He has received several awards, including in 2003 as Ciudadano Ilustre de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires .
Web links
- Literature by and about Horacio Coppola in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Horacio Coppola in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Horacio Coppola in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Photographer: Horacio Coppola (Spanish)
- A los 105 años, murió el fotógrafo argentino Horacio Coppola
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Coppola, Horacio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 31, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buenos Aires , Argentina |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 18, 2012 |
| Place of death | Buenos Aires , Argentina |