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Hunter, Peter
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Peter Hunter, whose real name was Otto Salomon, has always been modest about his own work. After the deaths of his father, the well-known photographer Dr. Erich Salomon, his mother and younger brother in Hitler's camps, he took it upon himself to more... »
Peter Hunter, whose real name was Otto Salomon, has always been modest about his own work. After the deaths of his father, the well-known photographer Dr. Erich Salomon, his mother and younger brother in Hitler's camps, he took it upon himself to administer his father's photographic legacy. As the sole surviving member of the family, he regarded this as the best way of perpetuating his father's memory.
Otto Salomon, who changed his name officially to Peter Hunter ('picture hunter') after the war, did some interesting prewar photography himself. Between 1935 and 1940 he worked in London for various newspapers, completing his father's picture of political life and society during the interbellum. Like his father, Hunter photographed politicians and diplomats. London's theatreland and lively night-life formed another theme in his work. He gained access to such celebrities as H.G. Wells, Julian Huxley, Albert Schweitzer, Richard Tauber, George Bernard Shaw and Marlene Dietrich.
He also became increasingly interested in the fate of the Jews who had been forced to flee Germany. He photographed Lord Rothschild giving a speech in Mansion House about the refugee problem, visited Woburn House, which had been transformed into a reception centre for German Jews, and visited an exhibition of 'degenerate' German art, which included one of Max Beckmann's famous triptychs.
By now Hunter enjoyed considerable social standing - he was the only photographer admitted to the birthday party of Eunice Kennedy, a daughter of the American ambassador in London, Joseph Kennedy. The pictures he took of the young John F. Kennedy on that occasion turned out to be of great historical value.
At the beginning of the fifties Hunter settled in Amsterdam. One of his activities was photo-journalism; he also opened his own press photo agency. In the late seventies he moved to The Hague and gave up photography. In 1997 he received the Dr. Erich Salomon prize, named after his father. « less... - Place/date of birth
- Berlijn 1913-07-31
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- 2006-12-03
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- Brits, Nederlands, Duits
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- 2011-04-06 (rvl)
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