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

https://www.nytimes.com/1986/12/19/obituaries/fritz-goro-85-photographer-recorded-science-advances.html
Wylie, Francis E. (April 1971). "Ali Javan and his 40 lasers". Smithsonian (April 1971): 42.
The Editors of LIFE (2004). The Great LIFE Photographers. p. 196. ISBN 0-500-28657-4.

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[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. p. 196. ISBN 0-500-28657-4.