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Bischof, Werner

(born April 26, 1916, Zürich, Switz.—found dead May 16, 1954, Peruvian Andes) Swiss photojournalist. He studied at the Zürich Arts and Crafts School (1932–36). In 1942 he began working for the picture magazine Du, for which he photographed war-torn France, Germany, and The Netherlands. In 1949 he joined the cooperative photographers' agency Magnum Photos. He died in a car accident while working in Peru. Collections of his photographs were published in the books Japan (1954), Incas to Indians (1956), and The World of Werner Bischof (1959).

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