Mario von Bucovich

His father, August, Freiherr von Bucovich (1852–1913), was a former Corvette Captain in the Austro-Hungarian navy and later an entrepreneur in the railroad concession sector.

[1] Bucovich began his professional career in 1909 at the Otis Elevator Company in New York City, USA, which sent him to the Russian capital St. Petersburg in 1911.

Bucovich was active in the art and antiques trade and settled in Berlin, where he took over the photo studio of Karl Schenker in 1925.

Between 1926 and 1930, von Bucovich (and his wife, Marie, also a photographer) ran their studio from Budapester Straße 6, in Berlin's Tiergarten district.

He photographed Marlene Dietrich, Elisabeth Bergner and Leni Riefenstahl (in her days as a dancer, preceding her career as a film director).

He was also shown at the Fourth International Exhibition of Pictorial Photography at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, the Third International Exhibition of Pictorial Photography Seattle Camera Club, and the 15th and 16th Annual Pittsburgh Salon of Photographic Art at the Carnegie Institute.