Lucien Aigner

First edition of Lucien Aigner from the Library Of Photographers series. First impression. Medium format softback in very good condition. Some age related toning to the covers and out edges of the pages but the spine and all pages are clean and intact. Signed with a personalised inscription to Chris Steele-Perkins on the title page.

About

Hungarian-born Lucien Aigner arrived at photography through his initial pursuit of a career in journalism. Aigner, an elegant writer as well as photographer, is most often associated with his coverage of political events and personalities that led up to World War II in Europe. In that capacity, he was a pioneer of the small camera, along with others of his generation such as Henri Cartier-Bresson and Erich Salomon; his work is exemplary of traditional European photojournalism. Aigner's personal work elegantly evokes the atmosphere of everyday life in pre-war Europe.