Salomon, Erich

Japanese: ザロモン（英語表記）Salomon， Erich

Born: April 28, 1886 in Berlin
[Died] July 7, 1944, Auschwitz German photojournalist. He obtained his doctorate in law from the University of Munich, but in 1925, he became a photographer after becoming fascinated with the then newly developed Ermanox indoor rapid-shooting camera. He then acquired a Leica with its excellent rapid-shooting function, and, hiding it in his bag or bowler hat, he would visit the workplaces of politicians and celebrities, as well as the conference halls of European political summits and the League of Nations, and take secret photos of their faces. French Prime Minister Briand said, "All an international conference needs is a couple of foreign ministers, a table, and Salomon," and the public gave his photographs the name Candide Photos, because they were fair and frank. However, because he was Jewish, he fled to the Netherlands for a time, but was later captured by the Nazis and died in the Auschwitz concentration camp with his wife and son.

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Japanese:

[生]1886.4.28. ベルリン
[没]1944.7.7. アウシュウィッツ
ドイツの写真ジャーナリスト。ミュンヘン大学で法律の博士号を取得したが，1925年に，当時新開発された，室内早撮り用カメラのエルマノックスに魅せられて写真家となった。次いで速写機能のすぐれたライカを手に入れ，それをかばんや山高帽にひそめて政治家や著名人の仕事場，またヨーロッパ政治首脳会議や国際連盟の会議場にも出入りし，その素顔を盗み撮りした。フランス首相ブリアンは「国際会議に必要なのは，二，三の外務大臣と1つのテーブル，それにザロモンだ」と言い，大衆は彼の写真に公平率直なイメージがあるとしてキャンディッド・フォトの名称を与えた。しかしユダヤ人であったため，一時オランダに逃れたが，のちナチスに捕えられて妻，息子とともにアウシュウィッツ強制収容所で生涯を終えた。

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