Jean Weinberg (1887–1942) was a

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ish photographer. Weinberg owned the Foto Français studio in the Pera (currently known as

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) district of

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. In 1926, he hired Austrian photographer Othmar Pferschy as his assistant. Pferschy left him in 1931 to open his own studio. During the

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celebrations in 1929 at Ankara Palace, Weinberg intentionally kicked the

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of Cemal Işıksel, who had been awarded the distinction of "first photojournalist" in Turkey by Turkish President

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. As a result, Weinberg was banned from taking photographs of Atatürk. On 11 June 1932 the

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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

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. In 1932 they went to Alexandria for a few months before returning to Istanbul with the intention of moving their studios to

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. Weinberg had a successful career in Egypt, where he is known to have photographed members of the Egyptian royal family at least until 1948.

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Othmar Pferschy and Jean Weinberg: A Tale of Two Photographers in the Near East
{{DEFAULTSORT:Weinberg, Jean 20th-century Romanian photographers Expatriate photographers in Egypt Photography in Turkey Portrait photographers Romanian expatriates in Egypt Romanian expatriates in Turkey Romanian Jews 1887 births 1942 deaths