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1928 :
Born on April 28th, in Abbazia, Italy (now Opatija, Croatia).
My parents, Karl and Adele Edelstein, were both medical doctors, though
my mother was to become a psychoanalyst.
1939 - 45 :
Lived in Lugano, Switzerland. When I was fifteen, I swapped my postage
stamp collection against a 35 mm Retinamat camera.
1947 - 50 :
Moved to Milano, Italy. I first studied art, at the Accademia di Brera,
then worked in an advertising firm, then purchased a Rolleicord camera
and freelanced for Italian magazines.
1950 :
First trip to Paris, where I met Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert
Capa.
1952 - 53 :
Trip to Pakistan and India, as free-lance photographer.
1954 - 55 :
Moved to London, working mainly for LIFE and PICTURE POST
1955 :
Moved to Paris, where I still live.
1957 - 62 :
Became a fashion photographer, traveling between Paris, London and New
York, working for JARDIN DES MODES, ELLE, GLAMOUR, VOGUE, HARPER'S BAZAAR,
etc. Between 1958 and 1961 I was part of MAGNUM as an associate photographer.
1962 - 63 :
Work on two books: STRIKP-TEASE and TELEVISION.
Trip around the world, for the German magazine REVUE.
1964 - 88 :
Fashion and advertising photography in Europe and the USA.
1976 - 86 :
Personal projects in colour: "PORTRAITS
OF TREES", "VERY
SIMILAR ", "NEW
YORK UP AND DOWN".
1986-87 :
Worked on "ENTRE VUES": interviews with famous photographers,
published in French by Nathan, Paris, in 1988.
1989 :
Began experimenting with digital imaging.
1990-1998 :
Working mainly on projects for books: "SCULPTURES
BY DEGAS", "BESTIARIUM",
"CHIMERAE",
"OVID'S
METAMORPHOSES", "WALKS
AROUND BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT", "HISTORY
OF FASHION AT MUSÉE GALLIERA", "ROMANESQUE
SCULPTURES ".
1999 :
Working on "1999,
A DAILY REPORT"
2000 :
Film FRANK HORVAT, 1999, on ARTE
2001 :
Working on HOMAGE
TO CATALONIA
2003-2004 :
Photographs of "LA VERONIQUE":
50 yards around my house in Provence
2005 :
Photographs of the SCULPTURES
BY ROBERT COUTURIER, for his exhibition at the Musée Maillol,
Paris
2006 :
Retrospective exhibition at Espace Landowski, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
2007 :
Beginning of project AN EYE AT THE FINGERTIPS
2008 :
Retrospective exhibition WAYS OF AN EYE, at Villa Tamaris, La Seyne, Var,
France
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