Walter A. Rosenblum (1919–2006) was an American photographer. He photographed the World War II D-Day landing at Normandy in 1944. He was the first Allied photographer to enter the liberated Dachau concentration camp. He received several military decorations including a Purple Heart. His photography is on display in museums around the world.
Table of Contents
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 Walter Rosenblum: In Search of Pitt Street
- 1.2 Walter Rosenblum (English and German Edition)
- 1.3 They Fight With Cameras: Walter Rosenblum in World War II from D-Day to Dachau
- 1.4 Walter Rosenblum (German Edition)
- 1.5 Walter Rosenblum, photographer: [catalogue] : Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, exhibition, March 7 through April 13, 1975
- 1.6 Walter Rosenblum: Fotografie
- 1.7 Photography: Art and Artifact, Photographs From the Collection of Naomi and Walter Rosenblum, Cameras from the Photographic Historical Society of New York
- 1.8 Walter Rosenblum Retrospective (Signed First Edition)
- 1.9 WALTER ROSENBLUM RETROSPECTIVE OCTOBER 2 - NOVEMBER 14, 1976
- 1.10 America and Lewis Hine
Biography
Rosenblum was born on October 1, 1919 in New York City.
Rosenblum was a zealot of the New York Photo League where he was mentored by Paul Strand and Lewis Hine. He became president of the League in 1941. He taught photography at Brooklyn College for 40 years.
From 1952 to 1976, he spent summers in Norfolk, CT, as a professor at the Yale Summer School of Music and Art, where he taught photography.
His wife is photographic historian Naomi Rosenblum. They have two daughters, Lisa and documentary filmmaker Nina.
Rosenblum died January 23, 2006.
Last update 2021-08-06