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Fritz Henle was a German-born photographer known for his use of the 2.25" square format film in the Rolleiflex camera. He had a career spanning over 60 years and amassed an archive of more than 110,000 negatives, capturing images of various locations including Europe, India, Japan, Hawaii, the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean [1].

Early Life and Career:

Fritz Henle was born in Dortmund, Germany in 1909.

He initially studied physics before attending the Bayerische Staatslehranstalt für Lichtbildwesen (Bavarian State College for Photography) in Munich.

After completing his studies, he spent a year photographing works of art in Florence.

In 1934, he traveled throughout Italy, taking pictures for the Lloyd steamship line.

In 1935-1936, he visited China and Japan.

Henle carried out an assignment for Time-Life in 1936, and his pictures were published in Fortune magazine.

He later visited the United States and eventually became a US citizen in 1942.

Henle photographed fashion, portrait, travel, and industrial subjects, and his work was published in magazines such as Life, Mademoiselle, and Harper's Bazaar [1].

Later Life and Legacy:

Henle moved to Saint Croix in the US Virgin Islands in 1958, where he continued his photography career.

He died in Saint Croix in 1993.

In 2009, an exhibition called "Fritz Henle: In Search of Beauty" was held at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin, marking the centenary of his birth [1].

Books by Fritz Henle: