VIENNA – Renowned Austrian photographer Erich Lessing has died at the age of 95, Austria’s Jewish community organisation, the IKG, said on Wednesday. Lessing worked with the Associated Press and the Magnum Agency and his photos also appeared in publications such as Time, Paris Match and Fortune. ADVERTISEMENTBorn in 1923 in Vienna, the son of a dentist and a concert pianist, Lessing fled the Nazis to Palestine at the age of 16. In 1947 he returned to Austria, having taken up his childhood hobby of photography as a profession, including for the British Army during the war. He later taught photography at various venues and his work was published in around 60 volumes.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 29, 2018 12:56 UTC