Josef Breitenbach collection : portraits, figure studies, documentary views of Asia, Europe, and the United States

Biographical Note

Josef Breitenbach, a noted documentary photographer, was born in Munich, Germany. He opened his first portrait studio in 1932. In 1933 he moved to Paris where he worked as a correspondent for the British International News Agency. In 1941 he migrated to the United States and later began teaching at Black Mountain College in North Carolina. He died in 1984 in New York City.