Feininger was by training an architect who was unable to support himself in his profession and so began doing architectural photography. By the end of the 30 minute interview and a visual sampling of his work one can see the obvious connections with engineering. Feininger seems like a person who was very precise in his thinking and his work. He is able to speak quite clearly and directly about his intention and motivation. He knew the science of photography and worked with his equipment to achieve specific results. He even built his own cameras.
This series has so far been a review of German- American photographers: Eisenstaedt, Brandt, and now Andreas Feininger. We may note the series producer, Andreas Landshoff, was himself a German emigre and thereby draw a rather obvious conclusion. I assume it is Landshoff (who
passed away in 1988) that is doing the interviewing. I have been unable to otherwise identify who this person might be as he is not noted in the series credits.
