Walter A. Rosenblum (1919–2006) was an American photographer whose work spanned the decades from 1938-1980.
He photographed the World War II D-Day landing at Normandy in 1944, fought through France and Germany, and he was among the first Allied photographers to enter the liberated Dachau concentration camp.
[1] One of the most highly decorated U.S. Army Signal Corps combat cameramen, Rosenblum received military decorations including a Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Presidential Unit Citation, 4 Battle Stars and an Arrowhead Device.
[2] Rosenblum was a member of the New York Photo League where he was mentored by Paul Strand.
His wife was groundbreaking photographic historian Naomi Rosenblum, author of THE WORLD HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY and A HISTORY OF WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS (Abbeville Press).