Hedy Löffler
Hedy Löffler | |
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| Born | December 1911 Timișoara, Romania |
| Died | December 2007 Israel |
| Citizenship | Romanian |
| Occupation | Photographer |
Hedy Löffler (December 1911 – December 2007) was a Romanian photographer and founding member of the Association of Artist Photographers in Romania.
Work and life
Löffler trained with Trude Fleischman.[1] She produced photobooks depicting people and landscapes. To enable her work to be published, she had to include photographs of Nicolae Ceauşescu and his family and circle in some of her albums.[2]
Löffler was a founding member of the Association of Artist Photographers in Romania (AAFR).[3][4] She was on the steering committee and as head of exhibitions she decided which Romanian artist photographers were allowed to exhibit internationally.[2]
Awards and recognition
Löffler was awarded Honorary Fellowship of the International Federation of Photographic Art.[2]
References
- ^ Dumitran, Adriana (2025-03-08). "Three Romanian Photographers under the Communist Regime: Hedy Löffler, Clara Spitzer and Liana Grill". Women of Photography: A 24-Hour Conference-a-thon Celebrating International Women’s Day 2025. University of Mississippi.
- ^ a b c Klein, Uschi (2021). "Picturing the Female Gaze. Photography as a Form of Cultural Resistance during Romania's Communist Era". Miejsce. 7 (7): 13. doi:10.48285/aspwaw.24501611.mce.2021.7.13. ISSN 2956-4158.
- ^ "Hedy Löffler". Nasui Collection & Archives. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ Moldovan, Eliodor (2003). ESTetica fotografică în România anilor '80 (PDF) (Thesis). Alba Iulia: Ministrul Educației și Cercetării. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
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