JAEGER, Fred

About the German photographer, Fred JAEGER (1918-1999)

Fred JAEGER started his career as a photo reporter in the Second World War on the western front in Holland. In 1949 he returned to his hometown and from then on earned his living as a freelance photographer. His pictures appeared in major magazines such as 'Hör zu' and 'Neue Illustrierte' as well as in the local press. From the mid-1970s he worked as a cameraman at WDR.

Photo books by and on the work of Fred JAEGER

'Persil und Petticoat. Köln von 1949 bis 1959. Fotografien von Fred Jaeger' (2018, eds. Britta Schmitz and Eva Neubert)