Jean Weinberg
Jean Weinberg (1887–1942) was a Romanians, Romanian Jewish photographer. Weinberg owned the Foto Français studio in the Pera (currently known as Beyoğlu) district of Istanbul. In 1926, he hired Austrian photographer Othmar Pferschy as his assistant. Pferschy left him in 1931 to open his own studio. During the Republic Day (Turkey), Republic Day celebrations in 1929 at Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara Palace, Weinberg intentionally kicked the Tripod (photography), tripod of Cemal Işıksel, who had been awarded the distinction of "first photojournalist" in Turkey by Turkish President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. As a result, Weinberg was banned from taking photographs of Atatürk. On 11 June 1932 the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Turkish parliament passed ''Act 2007 Concerning Arts and Occupations Reserved for Turkish Citizens in Turkey'', which prohibited foreign photographers from working in Turkey. Consequently, both Pferschy and Weinberg made plans to move to Alexandria. In 1932 th ...
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