Andreas Feininger

Leica Photographer
1951

A close-up black and white photograph of a person holding a vintage camera up to their face, with one eye visible through the camera's viewfinder. The person's hair is swept to the side, and the camera lens and dials are in sharp focus, capturing a moment of intense concentration.

A close-up black and white photograph of a person holding a vintage camera up to their face, with one eye visible through the camera's viewfinder. The person's hair is swept to the side, and the camera lens and dials are in sharp focus, capturing a moment of intense concentration.

Not on view

Date
1951

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 3/4 × 10 1/2in. (34.9 × 26.7 cm)

Accession number
2001.86

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Feininger Family

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Andreas Feininger

API
artworks/13755

Exhibitions

Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection

Apr 2, 2016–Apr 2, 2017

Andreas Feininger
79 works in the collection

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