Kurt Hutton
Kurt Hutton (actually Kurt Hübschmann) (* 1893 in Strasbourg ; † 1960 in Aldeburgh , Suffolk ) was a German - British photographer . He is considered one of the pioneers of photojournalism in Great Britain in the 1930s and 1940s.
Live and act
Training and military service
Hübschman grew up as the son of a university professor in Strasbourg. After graduating from high school in 1911 at the Protestant grammar school there , he was sent to Oxford to study law . At the beginning of the First World War he returned to Germany to serve as a cavalry officer .
Professional background
From 1918 onwards, Hübschmann engaged in amateur photography. In 1923 he took lessons from a Berlin portrait photographer. He then opened a portrait studio, which he ran with his wife Gertrude Engelhardt until 1930/1931. Instead, he began working as a photographer and photojournalist for magazines and newspapers. Stefan Lorant , editor-in-chief of the Münchner Illustrierte Presse, published a photo report on a dance school that he had created in 1932.
In 1934, Hübschmann traveled to England to photograph the tennis tournament at Wimbledon . At that time he decided to settle in London, where he met Stefan Lorant again. In the following years he made his way as a photojournalist for Weekly Illustrated . When Lorant founded the Picture Post in 1938 , Hübschmann joined the editorial team as a photographer. Shortly afterwards he changed his name to Kurt Hutton.
During the Second World War he was interned with Felix H. Man as an " enemy alien " on the Isle of Man . After his dismissal in 1941, he returned to work for the Picture Post .
Fonts
- Speaking Likeness. London 1947.
literature
- Bodo von Dewitz / Robert Lebeck: Kiosk: A History of Photo Reportage, 1839–1973. 2001, p. 306.
- Kurt Hutton. In: The Magazine , Issue X, World Photography Organization, March 2014. pp. 50–57. ( Online )
- Colin Osman: Hutton, Kurt (1893-1960) . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004 ( doi : 10.1093 / ref: odnb / 60584 )
Web links
- Kurt Hutton , picture collection at Getty Images Gallery
- Kurt Hutton (Kurt Hubschman) (1893–1960) , picture collection of the National Portrait Gallery , London
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hutton, Kurt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hübschmann, Kurt (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-British photographer and photojournalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Strasbourg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1960 |
| Place of death | Aldeburgh |