Fred Herzog (b. September 21, 1930, Stuttgart, Germany)[1] is a photographer known primarily for his photos of life in Vancouver, Canada. He worked professionally as a medical photographer. He was the associate director of the UBC Department of Biomedical Communication, and also taught at Simon Fraser University. September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years). ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... City Center seen from Weinsteige Road Stuttgart Palace Square - New Palace Solitude Palace The 1956 TV Tower U.S. Army Kelley Barracks Stuttgart [], located in southern Germany, is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg with a population of 591,528 (as of April 2006) in the city... Vancouver (pronounced: ) is a city in south-western British Columbia, Canada. ... The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a Canadian public university with its main campus located at Point Grey in the unincorporated Electoral Area A, immediately west of Vancouver, British Columbia. ... Simon Fraser University (SFU) is located in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, part of the metropolitan area of Vancouver, British Columbia. ...

He grew up in Stuttgart, but was evacuated from the city during the aerial bombardment of the Second World War. His parents died during the war (of typhoid and cancer), after which he dropped out of school and found work as a seaman on ships. He emigrated to Canada in 1952, living briefly in Toronto and Montreal before moving to Vancouver in 1953. He had taken casual photos since childhood, and began to take it seriously after moving to Canada. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Emigration is the action and the phenomenon of leaving ones native country to settle abroad. ...

His work focuses primarily on "ordinary" people, the working class, and their connections to the city around them. He worked primarily with slide film (mostly Kodachrome), which limited his ability to exhibit, and also marginalized him somewhat as an artist in the 1950s and 60s when most work was in Black and White. However, he has been increasingly recognized in recent decades.[2] His work has appeared in numerous books, and various galleries, including the Vancouver Art Gallery. The term working class is used to denote a social class. ... Kodachrome is the trademarked name of a brand of color reversal film sold by Eastman Kodak in various slide and movie formats since its introduction in 1935. ... A black-and-white portrait. ... The Vancouver Art Gallery, the fifth-largest art gallery in Canada, is located at 750 Hornby Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. ...

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Bibliography

• Arnold, Grant & Turner, Michael. (2007) Fred Herzog: Vancouver Photographs. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre.