Andreas Feininger

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Andreas Feininger was a renowned American photographer and photojournalist, celebrated for his striking black-and-white images of New York City and his influential books on photographic technique.

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Andreas Feininger canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American photographer
author
photographer
photojournalist
countryOfCitizenship Germany
Sweden
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1906-12-27
dateOfDeath 1999-02-18
educatedAt Bauhaus Dessau building
surface form: Bauhaus, Dessau

Bauhaus Weimar
surface form: Bauhaus, Weimar
employer Life magazine
familyName Lyonel Feininger
surface form: Feininger
father Lyonel Feininger
fieldOfWork architectural photography
photojournalism
urban photography
genre architectural photography
cityscape photography
documentary photography
givenName Andreas
hasPhotographed Manhattan
Manhattan skyline
surface form: New York City skyline

industrial subjects
urban infrastructure
influencedBy Lyonel Feininger
isKnownFor high-contrast black-and-white imagery
technical writings on photography
use of strong graphic composition
language English
German
movedTo New York City
movement modern photography
notableFor black-and-white photographs of New York City
books on photographic technique
notableStyleElement emphasis on structure and form in compositions
use of telephoto compression in cityscapes
notableWork Feininger on Photography
The Advanced Photographer
The Complete Photographer
The Creative Photographer
occupation photographer
photojournalist
writer
placeOfBirth Paris
surface form: Paris, France
placeOfDeath New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
residence New York City
sibling T. Lux Feininger
studied architecture

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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
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Subject: Andreas Feininger
Description of subject: Andreas Feininger was a renowned American photographer and photojournalist, celebrated for his striking black-and-white images of New York City and his influential books on photographic technique.

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