Lilo Hess was a renowned photographer whose photographs and articles appeared in Life Magazine, National Geographic, U.S. Camera, Popular Photography, and other American and European publications. She also published more than 40 books. Her work earned awards in Germany, England, and the United States. Life Magazine described her as a “Specialist in animal photography.”

Lilo worked at the 1939 World’s Fair, creating animal postcards and publicity photographs for the renowned animal exhibitor Frank Buck. She also volunteered at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, and served as a special assignment photographer at the Bronx Zoo.

Her photograhs were included in the very first exhibit of Color Photography at the Museum of Modern Art in 1950. www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/2408

Born in a small town in Germany, Lilo grew up in Berlin and came to America in 1938. Her passion for zoology eventually led her to combine her love of animals with her talent for photography, launching a distinguished career that brought her international recognition.