Untitled [Jazz at the Plaza at Central Plaza]Artwork Info About the Artist circa 1945 Ferrotyped Gelatin silver print Annotated in pencil, au verso Printed circa 1945 Born in Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany, Otto Friedrich Hess (1906 1968) immigrated to the United States in 1930 from Bremerhaven, Germany. Upon reaching New York City, the twenty three year old German migr moved in with his brother Franz, an advertising photographer, in Brooklyn. Hess's initial occupation was in sales, but during this