Fritz Goro

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] after he started his career as a photojournalist in Germany.[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 Editors of LIFE (2004). The Great LIFE Photographers. Thames & Hudson. p. 196. ISBN 0-500-28657-4. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)


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