Fritz Goro

Fritz Goro
Born	Fritz Gorodiski 1901 (1901) Bremen, Germany
Died	14 December 1986(1986-12-14) (aged 84–85) Chappaqua, New York
Known for	Inventing macrophotography

Fritz Goro (originally Fritz Gorodiski; born 1901 in Bremen, (Germany) – died 14 December 1986 in Chappaqua, New York) was the inventor of macrophotography[1] and a photographer specializing in science, published in the Life magazine and Scientific American.[1] He started his career as a photojournalist in Germany before fleeing from the Nazis in 1933, arriving in the USA in 1936.[1]

Goro documented many major scientific breakthroughs, including pictures of the first plutonium ever produced, the first atomic-bomb test, the advent of microelectronics, the ruby laser, as well as photos of Ali Javan timing the frequency of light at M.I.T. laboratory.[2]

Goro was described by the evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould as "the most influential photographer that science has ever known".[3]

References

1. "Fritz Goro, 85, Photographer; Recorded Science Advances". The New York Times. 19 December 1986.
2. Wylie, Francis E. (April 1971). "Ali Javan and his 40 lasers". Smithsonian (April 1971): 42.
3. The Great LIFE Photographers. Thames & Hudson. 2004. p. 196. ISBN 0-500-28657-4.