Walter Rosenblum

Walter A. Rosenblum (1919–2006) was an American photographer whose work spanned the decades from 1938-1980. He photographed the World War II D-Day landing at Normandy in 1944, fought through France and Germany, and he was among the first Allied photographers to enter the liberated Dachau concentration camp.^[1] One of the most highly decorated U.S. Army Signal Corps combat cameramen, Rosenblum received military decorations including a Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Presidential Unit Citation, 4 Battle Stars and an Arrowhead Device. His photography is in collections of museums around the world.^[2]

Biography

Rosenblum was born on October 1, 1919, in New York City.^[2] He attended City College.^[3]

Rosenblum was a member of the New York Photo League where he was mentored by Paul Strand.^[4] He became president of the League in 1941.^[5] He taught photography at Brooklyn College for 40 years.^[4]

From 1952 to 1976, he spent summers in Norfolk, CT, as a professor at the Yale Summer School of Music and Art, where he taught photography.

His wife was groundbreaking photographic historian Naomi Rosenblum, author of THE WORLD HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY and A HISTORY OF WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS (Abbeville Press). They had two daughters, Lisa, a telecommunications executive and documentary producer/director Nina.^[6]

Rosenblum died January 23, 2006.^[7]

Collections

• The J. Paul Getty Museum^[4]
• The Museum of Modern Art^[8]

Awards and honors

• Lifetime achievement award - International Center of Photography (1998)^[1]

Decorations

U.S. military decorations
Image	Decoration	Notes	Refs.
	Silver Star		[2]
	Bronze Star		[2]
	Purple Heart		[2]
	Presidential Unit Citation		[2]