Erich Auerbach was a foremost Czech journalist photographer and the official photographer of the Czechoslovak government in exile during the second world war. After the war he continued working in London to become a recognised photographer of musicians and artists in general.

While in London he worked for Sunday Times, Daily Herald, The Observer

The Observer

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or EMI Records

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. He is the author of well known photographs of Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein

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, Henry Wood

Henry Wood

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, Pablo Casals

Pablo Casals

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, Igor Stravinski or Jacqueline du Pre

Jacqueline du Pré

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 now owned by the Hulton Archives of the Getty Images

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Collections

• Getty Images: artist and musicians photographs from after the war period.
• Czech Foreign Ministry still owns a large collection of his war photographs.
• National Portrait Gallery in London also owns several of his photographs