In Aigner’s ‘‘View From the Empire State Building.’’ (THE ESTATE OF LUCIEN AIGNER)
By Cate McQuaid Globe Correspondent / July 6, 2011
The photojournalist Lucien Aigner was a people’s photographer. His life spanned the 20th century, and he took up new technology – the 35mm Leica camera – early, in 1928. The Leica’s portability transformed photojournalism. Images were now caught candidly and on the fly. World leaders could be shot scratching their noses. Photographing ordinary folk on the street was a lark, not a major undertaking.
Radio Boston Interview with Anne-Marie Aigner and Jennifer Uhrhane
March 7, 2011
Boston (90.9 FM WBUR) – Anne Marie Aigner and Guest Gurator Jennifer Uhrane talk about Lucien Aigner's front seat to history with Co-Host, Managing Editor, of Radio Boston Anthony Brooks at the new photo exhibit at the Decordova Museum on WBUR's Radio Boston talk show. Click on the link below to hear the entire interview, read the article, and see a photo gallery.
Inquiry's Mark Lynch Interviews Anne-Marie Aigner and Jennifer Uhrhane
March 3, 2011
Worcester (90.5 FM WICN) – Anne Marie Aigner and guest curator Jennifer Uhrhane discuss the photo exhibit now at the Decordova Museum with Mark Lynch. Click on the link below to hear the entire interview.
Armed with a small Leica camera, Lucien Aigner took photos to supplement his European stories during the '20s and '30s. When he died in 1999, the photojournalist's estate included approximately 100,000 images. "Lucien Aigner: Photo/Story" gives viewers a look at European leaders, major historical events, and back stories in the years before World War II. Tues-Sun from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through April 24. Tickets: $12; $8 students, seniors, ages 6-12. DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, 51 Sandy Pond Road, Lincoln.781-259-8355, www.decordova.org
DeCordova winter fete
By Globe Staff February 8, 2011
The DeCordova Sculpture Park + Museum threw a big party over the weekend to celebrate the opening of its winter exhibitions. More than 750 guests mingled in five exhibits, including “Rachel Perry Welty 24/7’’ and “Lucien Aigner: Photo/Story.’’ Revelers included Katherine Collins, director of operations of the Residences at Mandarin Oriental, gallery owner Barbara Krakow, Photographic Resource Center at Boston University director Glenn Ruga, publicist Barbara Quiroga, art collector Barbara Lee, and Anne-Marie Aigner, whose late father is exhibited.
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, Alfred Eisenstaedt. All well-known pioneers of photojournalism. Lucien Aigner? Not so much.
The Hungarian photographer, who spent his later years in Massachusetts, worked for many of the same publications as his legendary colleagues but never received the same recognition. That may start to change thanks to the first major museum showing of his work since the 1980s.
Long-forgotten images by iconic photojournalist Lucien Aigner open a window on the past in exhibition at Lincoln museum
By Cindy Cantrell Globe Correspondent / January 23, 2011
Hungarian-born Lucien Aigner was one of the most respected photojournalism pioneers of the 1920s and 1930s, capturing iconic images of the leading political and celebrity figures of the day. Due to World War II and life circumstances, however, his 50,000 historical images of the likes of Mohandas Gandhi, Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, Benito Mussolini, and Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie were stored away and largely forgotten for decades.
