Othmar Pferschy

Othmar Pferschy (October 16, 1898 - April 7, 1984) was a photographer. He was born in Graz, Austria and died in Munich, Germany. He worked primarily in Turkey; his daughter bequeathed his entire archive to the Istanbul Modern. Pferschy began as a well-paid assistant to renowned Romanian Jewish photographer Jean Weinberg, who hired him in 1926, before opening his own Istanbul studio in 1931.

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