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Erich AndresVisiting Las Vegas, 19622025
2025
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This black and white photograph captures a classic street scene in Las Vegas, likely from the 1950s or 1960s. The image showcases the Fremont Street area with its bright neon signs and vintage casinos, including the Golden Nugget, Lucky Strike, and Horseshoe Hotel and Casino. Large illuminated marquees and signs advertise casinos, bingo halls, and saloons, reflecting the mid-century Americana style.
In the foreground, two men in vintage suits and fedora hats walk along the bustling street, while other pedestrians and parked classic 1950s automobiles line the road. The background features additional casino signs, including a recognizable "Vegas Vic" cowboy neon sign.
Andres, born in 1905 in Germany, began his photography career in 1920 and was one of the pioneers to use a Leica camera. His work is featured in several prestigious museums, including the Civil War Museum in Salamanca, Spain, the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, and the Industrial Museum in Oberhausen, Germany. Andres was also a contributor to Edward Steichen's landmark exhibition "The Family of Man" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1951.
The print is new, a Fine Art Print on Illford Black and White Paper quality paper made by Whitewall. It comes to you in a tube.
- Creator:Erich Andres (1905 - 1992, German)
- Creation Year:2025
- Dimensions:Height: 23.63 in (60 cm)Width: 35.44 in (90 cm)Depth: 0.02 in (0.5 mm)
- More Editions & Sizes:20x30Price: $29440x60Price: $706
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- Gallery Location:Cologne, DE
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU132215858222
Erich Andres
Erich Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away in Hamburg 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photographers, who used a Leica. He was working with Leni Riefenstahl shooting the Olympic Games in 1936, war a freelance press photographer during the Spanish Civil War. After World War II he worked on reportage photography, for industrial companies and traveled and worked in the USA and Europe. In Hamburg he was known as the man with the leddars. His aim was to use them to get unusual perspectives. His images today are displayed in several museums, for example in the Civil War Museum in Salamanca, Spain, the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, the Industrial Museum in Oberhausen, Germany. Andres was a contributor for Edward Steichens Exhibition "The family of man" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1951.
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