Lotte Jacobi

American Photographer · 1896–1990

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"I was born to photography," Lotte Jacobi explained of her chosen medium. Indeed, her great-grandfather had met Jacques Louis Mandé Daguerre around 1840, purchasing equipment and a license to make daguerreotypes from Daguerre and returning to Germany, where he established a photographic business. Her grandfather, father, uncles, aunts, and sister were all photographers, too. Jacobi started her car