Remie Lohse

Remie Lohse was born in Puerto Rico, studied painting in Denmark, and settled in New York in 1928, where he became a professional photographer. In the 1930s he was a freelancer who specialised in advertising and magazine features, and shot covers for Vogue. He often focused on the “high life”, but also shot more humble subjects. He was more interested in his art than a particular milieu.

His contemporary Gilbert Seldes, the noted Vanity Fair media critic and “public intellectual” (not to mention father of actress Marian Seldes), featured Lohse in his 1934 book ''This is New York, The First Modern Photographic Book of New York.'' In 1939 Lohse came out with his own book titled ''The Miniature Camera in Professional Hands.''

Submitted by Jarrett McCusker