Edmund Engelman
Edmund Engelman: A Photographer's Legacy of Sigmund Freud
Born: Vienna, Austria (1907)
Died: New York City, U.S. (2000)
Nationality: Jewish Austrian (Viennese), later American
Early Life and Education
Edmund Engelman's parents were Jewish immigrants from Galicia who settled in Vienna.
He displayed an early aptitude for technology, building his own camera at age ten and receiving a ham radio license.
Engelman attended t
he prestigious Technische Hochschule (now Vienna University of Technology) from 1927 to 1931, earning a degree in mechanical and electrical engineering. This provided him with a strong technical foundation that would later inform his photographic work.
He graduated from the Real-Gymnasium Leopoldstadt, the same school Sigmund Freud attended.
The Photographs of Sigmund Freud
Engelman is primarily known for documenting Sigmund Fr…
