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1940 - Photography
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Photographs: Promenade des Anglais by Vienna-born documentary photographer Lisette Model (née Seyberg), 33, contains photos taken in 1937 on the French Riviera. She has applied for a darkroom job with the New York daily PM, whose picture editor Ralph Steiner has recognized the quality of her work and arranged for publication of her book, which brings her immediate acclaim.
Photographer Lewis W. Hine dies at Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., November 3 at age 66.
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