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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Paul Hesse
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Paul Hesse

American, 1896 - 1973
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Place of BirthNew York, New York
Place of DeathLos Angeles, California
Paul Hesse was born in New York and studied photography at Pratt Institute. He opened a commercial photo studio in the mid-1920s and gained a reputation for his portraits of Broadway stars. During the 1930s Hesse expanded his portrait work to include prominent Hollywood figures. In 1940 he moved to Los Angeles and established a successful photo studio there. He remained a highly sought Hollywood portrait photographer through the early 1960s.