Batty Fischer

Photographer

Birthday July 24, 1877

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Luxembourg

DEATH DATE Dec 27, 1958 (81)

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About

Photographer who made 10,000 photographs of the changing landscape of Luxembourg City between 1890 and 1958.

Before Fame

He attended Paris' Ecole Dentaire and began his career as a dentist, which gave him the freedom to pursue his real passion, photography, on weekends.

Trivia

He was an amateur photographer, but he was nevertheless able to assemble his own photographic lenses.

Family Life

He was one of three children born to clothing-shop owners Josef Fischer and Marguerite Marie Ferron.

Associated With

Ralph Steiner was another photographer of the era.