| LC control no. | n 81133405 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Bernard, Bruno |
| Variant(s) | Bernard, of Hollywood Bruno, of Hollywood Sommerfeld, Bruno Bernard |
| Associated country | Germany United States |
| Birth date | 1912-02-02 |
| Death date | 1987-06-03 |
| Place of birth | Berlin (Germany) |
| Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Glamour photography |
| Affiliation | Universität Kiel University of California, Berkeley Reinhardt School of the Theatre |
| Profession or occupation | Photographers Portrait photographers |
| Found in | His Liebelei mit der Kamera. His Requiem for Marilyn, c1986: t.p. (Bernard of Hollywood) jkt. (Dr. Bruno Bernard; b. 2/2/12) Bernard, S. Bernard of Hollywood's Marilyn, 1993: CIP t.p. (Bruno Bernard) pub. info. (d. 1987) Item in NYWT&S biog. file [graphic] 1967: photo (Bruno of Hollywood) Information from 678 converted Dec. 12, 2014 (photography a hobby, later career) Wikipedia, February 1, 2024 (Bruno Bernard; Bruno Bernard Sommerfeld, also known as Bernard of Hollywood; American photographer best known for pin-up and glamour photography; born in Berlin, Germany February 2, 1912; placed in an orphanage by his parents, who could not afford to support him, but who gave him a Rolleiflex camera in 1923; doctorate in criminal psychology 1934, Kiel University; became general secretary of a Jewish youth organization; fled to the U.S. in 1937, attended the University of California, Berkeley; became interested in the arts; became a directorial apprentice at Reinhardt School of the Theatre in 1940; inspired by background in psychology and directing and by collaboration with Alberto Vargas [a Peruvian-American painter of pin-up girls], he developed a tyle of portrait photography that he called the "posed candid; never had formal training in photography; his first studio, by 1940, was his basement darkroom; opened a proper studio at 9055 Sunset Blvd., and became known as a photographer of actresses; moved back to Berlin in the 1960s; photojournalist for Der Spiegel for the Eichmann trial in Israel; in 1984 he was the first still photographer honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with a 50-year retrospective; lived in Palm Springs in the 1980s; died of cancer on June 3, 1987 in Los Angeles) |
| Associated language | eng ger |
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