Photography by Otto Steinert

Otto Steinert (12 July 1915 – 3 March 1978) was an important German photographer. Born in Saarbrücken, Germany, Steinert was a medical doctor by profession and was an autodidact in photography. After World War II, he initially worked for the State School for Art and Craft (Staatliche Schule für Kunst und Handwerk, today HTW) in Saarbrücken. He was the founder of the Fotoform photography group. From 1959, he taught at a design school (Folkwang Hochschule) in Essen, where he later died. His assets are today part of the photographic collection of the Museum Folkwang, Essen.