Lutz Dille 1922-2008

(b. Leipzig, Germany, 1922; d. France, July 6, 2008)

Lutz Dille arrived in Toronto in 1951 and worked in a variety of odd jobs until the late fifties, when CBC television producer Ted Pope saw Dille’s Paris photos and decided to animate them into a short film for television. Following this Dille started to receive assignments and was able to turn freelance. Apart from his commissioned work, whenever time and money allowed, he set out without any particular social message in mind or preconceived ideas, simply to photograph people. The personal assignments took him across Europe, the United States and Latin America. Three more films featuring his photographs were produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Speakers Corner, London 1961, Ring of Time, Mexico 1960, New York Live In, New York City, 1962.