Erich Lessing, a great figure in Photojournalism, has focused his lens on every kind of event, great or small, since the second World War.
His photographs of the Hungarian Revolution were seen around the world.
Less well known but just as remarkable are the photos he took in Poland in the 1950s.
Erich studies power, whether religious or secular, and notes its effects both on those who exercise it and those who are subject to it: 'I take humanity seriously, in all its aspirations and desires, as well as in everything that can follow whether in religion or spirituality, art or politic. This was, and still is today, the starting point for all my photography subjects...'
In parallel with his life as a photojournalist, Erich has devoted himself all his life to history,via museum, churches, landscapes... 'This type of photography is not art' he says, 'but it does throw light on art'.
Bruno Barbey
Membre de l’Institut Académie des Beaux-Arts
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