Polish photographer, photojournalist and film-maker (1884–1935)
Portrait (possibly a self-portrait) of Fuchs, some time before 1935
Marian Fuks (his first name often rendered Marjan; 1884–1935) was a Polish photographer, photojournalist, and film-maker, one of pioneers of newsreel production and modern montage techniques.[1]
Marian Fuks was born in 1884 in Warsaw, which was then Russian-held part of Poland.[2] Initially a photojournalist for the Świat weekly, after 1906 Fuks opened up a photographic atelier in Warsaw which he expanded in 1910 into one of the first press photo agencies in Central Europe.[1][2] In 1912 he also started filming newsreel reportages on important contemporary events, such as the trial of Damazy Macoch, the 1914 trial of Count Bogdan Jaksa-Ronikier or police officers apprehending criminals in Łódź.[1][2] He also filmed the funeral of Bolesław Prus in May 1912.[1][2] Before World War I he was among the founding members of the Association of Professional Photographers and the Society of Photography Professionals.[2]
As a photojournalist he documented some of the most notable events in contemporary Polish history, including the entry of Polish Army in Kiev,[2] and the May Coup d'État. In 1925 he also published a history of photojournalism in Poland Zaranie fotografii dziennikarskiej w Polsce.[2]
