Herbert Gehr (later Edmund Bert Gerard) (1910–1983) was a Jewish German-American photographer and television director who was associated with Life magazine.
[1][2] With the advent of Nazism in his native Germany, Gehr moved to the United States in March 1937.
Upon arrival in the United States, Gehr found representation with the Black Star photo agency, and began working for Life magazine in 1938,[3] photographing a large variety of subjects and stories for them over the next few years.
[4][5] By 1940 Gehr had been described as having shot such diverse subjects as "sphinxes, hair ribbons, wars and movie stars" for the magazine.
In 1955 Museum of Modern Art curator of photography Edward Steichen included one of Gehr's LIFE photographs in the world-touring The Family of Man exhibition, seen by 9 million visitors, and also in its widely distributed catalogue, which is still in print.