Individual: ENT.0218
Fritz Goro
1901 – 1986
Visiting lecturer, Summer 1945
Fritz Goro was a science photographer for Life magazine and a staff editor in their science department. He is credited as playing an important role in the development of scientific photojournalism. Goro studied at the State Art School in Berlin and at the Bauhaus in Weimar. Because of his art affiliations in the 1930's, he left Germany and while in Paris, he started a photographic agency. He and his family immigrated to the US in 1936 where he worked for Black Star photography agency before Life magazine.
Josef Albers invited Fritz Goro to teach at Black Mountain College during the summer of 1945. Goro was supposed to teach for three weeks but was only able to come for one as Life magazine sent him to photograph the first atomic bomb blast in Alamogordo, New Mexico. At Black Mountain College, Goro spoke about science and photography and showed at exhibition of his photographs. He also made color photographs of Josef Albers' Leaf Studies and some color studies.
Josef Albers invited Fritz Goro to teach at Black Mountain College during the summer of 1945. Goro was supposed to teach for three weeks but was only able to come for one as Life magazine sent him to photograph the first atomic bomb blast in Alamogordo, New Mexico. At Black Mountain College, Goro spoke about science and photography and showed at exhibition of his photographs. He also made color photographs of Josef Albers' Leaf Studies and some color studies.
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