Alfred Gescheidt
Visual Artist
1926 – 2012
Who was Alfred Gescheidt?
Alfred Gescheidt was a professional photographer born in Queens, New York on December 19, 1926. He won a scholarship to the Art Students' League and studied with Will Barnet and Harry Sternberg. He served briefly in the Navy during World War II, then went to the University of New Mexico and studied with Raymond Jonson. He decided to become a photographer and transferred to the Los Angeles Art Center School and here studied with George Hoyningen-Huene. In the 1950s he documented life on city streets and beaches of America.
His work first appeared in Life magazine in 1951, and in August, 1970, Life published a two-page spread of his work. For three years, Oui magazine published a column, "Gescheidt's World".
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- Born
- Dec 19, 1926
Queens - Profession
- Education
- Art Students League of New York
- Died
- Jan 22, 2012
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on July 23, 2013
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