Lucien Aigner: A photojournalism pioneer

Hungarian-born Lucien Aigner was one of the most respected photojournalism pioneers of the 1920s and 1930s, capturing iconic images of the popular political and celebrity figures of the day. Due to World War II and life circumstances, however, his 50,000 historical images of the likes of Mohandas Gandhi, Adolf Hitler, and Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie (left) were stored away and largely forgotten for decades. His daughters, Anne-Marie Aigner of Watertown and Katherine Aigner Collins of Boston, have contributed to an exhibition at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln that opens on Saturday, Jan. 29. It is the first major museum show of Aigner's work since the 1980s.
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Hungarian-born Lucien Aigner was one of the most respected photojournalism pioneers of the 1920s and 1930s, capturing iconic images of the popular political and celebrity figures of the day. Due to World War II and life circumstances, however, his 50,000 historical images of the likes of Mohandas Gandhi, Adolf Hitler, and Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie (left) were stored away and largely forgotten for decades.

His daughters, Anne-Marie Aigner of Watertown and Katherine Aigner Collins of Boston, have contributed to an exhibition at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln that opens on Saturday, Jan. 29. It is the first major museum show of Aigner's work since the 1980s.