Helmut Gernsheim

Helmut Erich Robert Kuno Gernsheim (1 March 1913 — 20 July 1995) was a renowned historian of photography, collector, and photographer. Born in Munich, Germany, Gernsheim went on to study art history at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, took up photography in 1934, and graduated from the State School of Photography, Munich, after two year's study.

Among his many achievements, in 1952 Gernsheim discovered the long-lost world's first permanent photograph from nature, created by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826.

Books

* "Lewis Carroll, photographer", Max Parrish, London. 1949
* "Beautiful London", Phaidon. 1950 — photographs by Helmut Gernsheim
* "Creative Photography: Aesthetic Trends 1839-1960", Faber & Faber Limited. 1963
* "The History of Photography from the Camera Obscura to the beginnings of the Modern Era" (with Alison Gernsheim), Thames & Hudson. 1969
* "The Origins of Photography", Thames & Hudson. 1982

References

* [http://authorities.loc.gov/webvoy.htm Anglo-American Name Authority File, s.v. “Gernsheim, Helmut”, LC Control Number n 79004055] . Accessed 19 December 2007.
* [http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/collections/photography/holdings/gernsheim/ Harry Ransom Center. The University of Texas at Austin. "Helmut Gernsheim"] . Accessed 19 December 2007.