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The Encyclopedia of Photography’s Art and History

"Famous Contemporaries in Unguarded Moments", Erich Salomon (1886-1944) | PhotoAnthology

Famous Contemporaries in Unguarded Moments

Erich Salomon (1886-1944)

Unposed moments of political and social elites captured during informal settings, revealing the human dimension of authority figures.

With contributions from: ICP (image source); MoMA (image source); Lucia Catalin (data research). Suggest an Edit

Famous Contemporaries in Unguarded Moments

Erich Salomon (1886-1944)

Unposed moments of political and social elites captured during informal settings, revealing the human dimension of authority figures.

A small debate in the Chamber of Deputies.

Informal Studies en Route for England, 1931. Collection of The Museum of Modern Art. Image courtesy of MoMA.

Evening Party in the Hotel Excelsior in Rome
August, 1931. Collection of The Museum of Modern Art. Image courtesy of MoMA.

Boat crossing of French Prime Minister Pierre Laval (center, with hat) to London for conference, Calais. Image courtesy of ICP.

The Fifth Cabinet of Colijn, The Hague. Image courtesy of ICP.

Louis Kahn at his home.

Ways and Means Committee - listening to a speaker (Congressmen Doughten, Rainey, Crisp and Collier), Washington, 1931.

Arturo Toscanini and wife taking a walk in The Hague, Holland. Image courtesy of ICP.

Lubitsch, seeing rushes, c. 1930.

The High Court, London, 1929: Justice Avory (left) and Lord Hewart (right) with court clerks. Lord Hewart allowed publication after Avory’s death despite photography being illegal in court.

President Herbert Hoover as guest of honor at the annual dinner of the White House Correspondents’ Association, March, 1932. The camera was less than three feet away, hidden in a flowerpot and triggered by a remote-control cable.

The Observation Gallery in the League of Nations
1928. Collection of The Museum of Modern Art. Image courtesy of MoMA.

Evening party at the Hotel Excelsior, Rome: Mussolini, Dr. Brüning, Dr. Curtius, and Dino Grandi. Five detectives tried stopping the photographer.

Second Hague Conference on German Reparations, January 1930, in the morning hours. Image courtesy of NOMA.

French Statesmen Visit Berlin for the First Time Since World War I
1931. Collection of The Museum of Modern Art. Image courtesy of MoMA.

British diplomats at a Berlin reception, August 1931. From left: Max Planck, Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, Albert Einstein, Dr. Dietrich (German Finance Minister), Mr. Schmitz (I.G. Farben), and Dr. Curtius (German Foreign Minister).

Rumanian Foreign Minister Titulescu playing skat, Bournemouth, England. Image courtesy of ICP.

In July 1931, Brüning and Curtius visited Paris. At a Quai d’Orsay banquet, Briand exclaimed upon spotting Salomon, “Ah, le voilà! Le roi des indiscrets.” Pictured: Reynaud, Champetier, Herriot, and Bérard.

Shortly after the first transatlantic phone cable was installed, Marlene Dietrich spoke to her daughter in Berlin from Hollywood at 4 A.M. She later reenacted the call for Salomon’s camera.

Books

Portrait of an Age

Collier Books, 1975

Erich Salomon Retrospektive

Schirmer/Mosel, 2004

Erich Salomon

Aperture, 1978

Das Ideale Parlament. Erich Salomon as Photographer in Berlin and The Hague, 1928-1940

Droste Verlag, 1970

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