Exhibition
Lessing Presents Lessing
30 Nov 2017 – 23 Feb 2018
Regular hours
- Thursday
- 09:00 – 17:00
- Friday
- 09:00 – 17:00
- Monday
- 09:00 – 17:00
- Tuesday
- 09:00 – 17:00
- Wednesday
- 09:00 – 17:00
Address
- 28 Rutland Gate
- London
- SW7 1PQ
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- 9,10,52,C1
- Knightsbridge
Erich Lessing is among Austria’s most celebrated photographers.
About
He is a chronicler of the post-war era, has documented major political events, capturing the protagonists with his camera in an inimitable manner.As a Jewish child in Vienna, Lessing experienced persecution and the expulsion of his family from their home. After his return to Austria in 1945 he became a photo reporter for Associated Press and a member of Magnum Photos.
This unique exhibition, curated by the photographer’s daughter Hannah Lessing and Danielle Spera, director of the Jewish Museum Vienna, offers a very personal insight into the work of a great photographer.
This exhibition is on loan from the Jewish Museum Vienna.