He photographed some of the biggest names in European music, painting, and literature – and in return, received musical gifts from some of the era’s leading composers. Several of these rare works were recently discovered in the National Library of Israel archives. This is the fascinating story of the man whose camera captured Edith Piaf before she became an icon of French chanson, and a young Brigitte Bardot dressed in a ballet costume. And who was the famous writer who gave him the only piece of music he ever composed?
