Jaffé, Max#
Jaffe, Max, b. Schwerin (Germany), July 27, 1845, d. Vienna, Dec. 14, 1939, photographer, writer on photography as well as arts and craft. Studied in Paris and Hamburg, from 1869 lived in Vienna, where he worked for J. Loewy and founded an institute for photo engraving in 1876. Teacher at the Graphic School and Research Institute, editor of the magazine "Die Photographie" and founding member of the Oesterreichischer Werkbund.
Literature#
O. Hochreiter and T. Starl (ed.), Geschichte der Fotografie in Oe., 2 vols., 1983.