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Creator

German Photographer · 1890–1965

An art historian, photographer, and art critic, Franz Roh deplored photographs that were derived from painting or pretended to be drawings or charcoal sketches. His writings brought him close to avant-garde artists, who inspired many of his photographs. In 1929 he co-published and co-edited a book, *Foto-Auge* (Photo-Eye), with graphic designer Jan Tschichold. Asserting that photographs were an ef