Marian Fuks (photographer)

Marian Fuks (his first name often rendered Marjan; 1884–1935) was a Polish photographer, photojournalist, and film-maker, one of pioneers of newsreel production and modern montage techniques.

[2] Initially a photojournalist for the Świat weekly, after 1906 Fuks opened up a photographic atelier in Warsaw which he expanded in 1910 into one of the first press photo agencies in Central Europe.

[1][2] In 1912 he also started filming newsreel reportages on important contemporary events, such as the trial of Damazy Macoch, the 1914 trial of Count Bogdan Jaksa-Ronikier or police officers apprehending criminals in Łódź.

In 1925 he also published a history of photojournalism in Poland Zaranie fotografii dziennikarskiej w Polsce.

[2] Fuks also collaborated on a number of feature silent films, notably the 1912 silent film Obłąkany starring Stefan Jaracz and Carewicz, based on a play by Gabriela Zapolska and directed by William Wauer.