Grete Stern was a graphic and commercial artist in Stuttgart when the work of Edward Weston and Paul Outerbridge inspired her to study photography. She took private lessons with Bauhaus professor Walter Peterhans, taking over his Berlin studio in 1930. While studying with Peterhans, Stern met Ellen Auerbach, with whom she formed the photographic partnership "foto ringl + pit." They specialized in
![[Man with His Hand on His Cheek]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/42672c5a-856d-4dfa-bf6b-72fb349f219d/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
![Pit [Ellen Auerbach]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/50be6cba-6494-4fff-99c0-e6c3306e4ffd/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
