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Erwin Blumenfeld was a German-American photographer known for his influential work in the fashion industry during the 1940s and 1950s. He was born in Berlin on January 26, 1897, and emigrated to the United States in 1941 [1].

Blumenfeld's personal photographic work was influenced by Dadaism and Surrealism, with a focus on death and women. He was skilled in laboratory work and experimented with various techniques such as distortion, multiple exposure, photo-montage, and solarisation [1].

Biography:

Blumenfeld worked in the clothes trade and wrote poetry before moving to Amsterdam in 1918, where he came into contact with artists such as Paul Citroen and Georg Grosz [1].

In 1933, he created a photomontage depicting Hitler as a skull with a swastika on its forehead, which was later used in Allied propaganda [1].

Blumenfeld married Lena Citroen in 1921 and had three children. He started a leather goods shop in 1922, which failed in 1935. He then moved to Paris and began working as a photographer, freelancing for French Vogue [1].

During World War II, he was placed in several French internment camps as an "undesirable alien." In 1941, he was able to emigrate to the United States, where he became a successful fashion photographer for Harper's Bazaar, Life, and American Vogue [1].

Blumenfeld passed away in Rome on July 4, 1969 [1].

Notable Publications and Exhibitions:

Blumenfeld published his work in books such as "Blumenfeld: Meine 100 Besten Fotos" (1979) and "Eye to I: The Autobiography of a Photographer" (1999) [1].