John Gutmann
| John Gutmann | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1905 Wrocław, German Empire (now Poland) |
| Died | June 12, 1998 San Francisco, United States |
| Resting place | San Francisco, United States |
| Nationality | German |
| Education | Breslau and Berlin, with Otto Mueller |
| Known for | Painting, Photography |
| Movement | American realism |
John Gutmann (1905 – June 12, 1998) was a German-born American photographer and painter.
A painter turned photographer, Gutmann began working as a photojournalist in 1933 for Presse-Photo. Being Jewish, in 1936 he fled Nazi Germany to the United States where he worked as a photographer for various German magazines, signing on with Pix Publishing, an agency he worked with for over twenty years. Gutmann's main subject matter was the American way of life, especially the Jazz music scene. Gutmann is recognized for his unique "worm's-eye view" camera angle.
He enjoyed taking photos of ordinary things and making them seem special.
He created the John Gutmann Photography Fellowship Award, through the San Francisco Foundation.
The full archive of Gutmann's work is located at the Center for Creative Photography (CCP) at the University of Arizona in Tucson, which also manages the copyright of his work.
Gutmann's work is held in the following permanent public collections:
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