Representative work by Lotte Jacobi
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Artist

Lotte Jacobi

1896–1990 · German-American

  • Staatliche Fachakademie für Fotodesign München
  • Atelier 17

Lotte Jacobi became one of the leading portrait photographers of Weimar Germany before emigrating to the United States in 1935. She photographed writers, artists, scientists and performers with a direct, psychologically attentive style.

Photography

Major Works

  • 1938Albert Einstein
  • 1930sKäthe Kollwitz
  • 1920sLotte Lenya
  • 1940sW.E.B. Du Bois
  • 1950sRobert Frost
  • 1930sThomas Mann
  • 1930sMarc Chagall
  • 1950sJ.D. Salinger
  • 1940sPhotogenics
  • 1920s–60sPortrait Archive

Interviews & Writing

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