Ellen Auerbach

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Ellen (Rosenberg) Auerbach (May 20, 1906, Karlsruhe, Germany – July 30, 2004, New York City) was a German-born American photographer who is best remembered for her innovative artwork for the ringl+pit studio in Berlin during the Weimar Republic.

In the 1980s the work of Auerbach began to be exhibited by German museums. A retrospective of her work was presented at the Academy of Arts, Berlin in 1998.

In 1996, a documentary about her partnership with Grete Stern, Ringl + pit, won a number of awards. Very few of ringl+pit's photographs survive today; most those still in existence are held by museums and collectors.