PHOTOGRAPHER

Wilhelm Brasse

1917 - 2012

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Wilhelm Brasse (3 December 1917 – 23 October 2012) was a Polish professional photographer and a prisoner in Auschwitz during World War II. He became known as the "famous photographer of Auschwitz concentration camp." His life and work were the subject of the 2005 Polish television documentary film The Portraitist (Portrecista), which first aired in the Proud to Present series on the Polish TVP1 on 1 January 2006. Brasse was of mixed Austrian-Polish descent. He learned photography in Katowice at the studio of his aunt. After the 1939 German invasion of Poland and occupation of Brasse's hometown Żywiec, in southern Poland, he was interrogated by the Schutzstaffel (SS). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Brasse is the 31st most popular photographer (up from 37th in 2019), the 411th most popular biography from Poland (up from 492nd in 2019) and the most popular Polish Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Wilhelm Brasse ranks 31 out of 148. Before him are August Sander, Irving Penn, André Kertész, Carl Van Vechten, Nan Goldin, and Guillermo Kahlo. After him are Roger Fenton, Étienne Carjat, William Klein, Robert Mapplethorpe, Sophie Calle, and Napoleon Sarony.

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Among people born in 1917, Wilhelm Brasse ranks 111. Before him are Zhang Chunqiao, Buddy Rich, Otto Kittel, Andrew Wyeth, Nikolai Ogarkov, and Giuseppe De Santis. After him are Phaedon Gizikis, Pedro Infante, Charlotte Salomon, Sharof Rashidov, Džemal Bijedić, and Vera Lynn. Among people deceased in 2012, Wilhelm Brasse ranks 114. Before him are Dave Sexton, John Christopher, Tonino Guerra, Omar Suleiman, Giorgio Chinaglia, and Paddy Roy Bates. After him are Charles Durning, Gitta Sereny, Alexis Weissenberg, Dawoud Rajiha, Vidal Sassoon, and Pahiño.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Wilhelm Brasse ranks 411 out of 1,694. Before him are Walerian Borowczyk (1923), Pylyp Orlyk (1672), Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria (1457), Jacek Malczewski (1854), Oskar R. Lange (1904), and Horst Mahler (1936). After him are Julie Guicciardi (1782), Michał Kalecki (1899), Franciszek Gajowniczek (1901), Wilhelm Kube (1887), Hyacinth of Poland (1185), and John Cantius (1390).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Poland

Among photographers born in Poland, Wilhelm Brasse ranks 1. After him are Peter Lindbergh (1944), and Lotte Jacobi (1896).

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