Herb Breuer
American Photographer, born 1924
Herbert Breuer was born in Vienna Neustadt, Austria, in March 1924. When Hitler came to power, his father was taken to a concentration camp but released; and fled with his sons to the U.S. in 1940, when Herb was 16. In 1942 at age 18, Breuer joined the U.S. Army as an engineer/tool-and-die maker under Gen. Patton, landing in Normandy three days after D-Day. He fought until the end of WWII, then used the G.I. Bill to become a photographer.
Breuer worked in and around New York City in its heyday of the 1950s and '60s. He shot screen and stage stars and covers of major magazines, from Life to Look to Esquire. He photographed at least four presidents -- Eisenhower, Kennedy, Truman, and Johnson. Breuer was hired by the Democratic Party to cover John F. Kennedy when he was campaigning for president in New York in 1960.
Breuer worked in and around New York City in its heyday of the 1950s and '60s. He shot screen and stage stars and covers of major magazines, from Life to Look to Esquire. He photographed at least four presidents -- Eisenhower, Kennedy, Truman, and Johnson. Breuer was hired by the Democratic Party to cover John F. Kennedy when he was campaigning for president in New York in 1960.