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Arnold Genthe (8 January 1869 – 9 August 1942) was a German-American photographer, best known for his photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and his portraits of noted people, from politicians and socialites to literary figures and entertainment celebrities.
Arnold Genthe (8 January 1869 – 9 August 1942) was a German-American photographer, best known for his photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and his portraits of noted people, from politicians and socialites to literary figures and entertainment celebrities.
Explore the digital collection of Arnold Genthe, a pioneer of soft-focus pictorialism and color photography. See his portraits, travel views, and autobiographical images from four continents and four decades.
21 de feb. de 2024 · Born in Germany to a family of scholars, Genthe was a recent Ph.D. in classical philology when he came to the United States in 1895 to work for two years as a tutor. On his days off, he walked the streets of Chinatown in San Francisco, where he began to photograph.
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Arnold Genthe. Fotógrafo, escritor y coleccionista nacido en Berlín en 1869, naturalizado estadounidense en 1918. Además se ser un fotógrafo especializado en imágenes publicitarias, tuvo su estudio en San Francisco de 1897 a 1906, donde realizaba retratos.
Arnold Genthe Chinatown, San Francisco 1896-1906. The images Genthe took of San Francisco’s Chinatown are the only known photographs of the historic neighborhood from before the devastating 1906 earthquake.
