Claudia Andujar was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, in 1931, and spent her childhood in Romania and Hungary. During World War II, at the age of thirteen, she escaped from Hungary to Austria with her Swiss-born mother. Her father, a Hungarian Jew, was deported to the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau and later died there along with most of her paternal relatives.
After a brief period of time in Austria, Ms. Andujar returned to Switzerland, and later immigrated to the United States. In the U.S., she studied humanities at Hunter College in New York City. In 1956, she left the United States and moved to Brazil. A photography project documenting the way of life of the Carajá Indians in Central Brazil led Ms. Andujar to a career in photojournalism. Her work has been published in Life, Look, Fortune, Aperture, Realidde, Setenta, Claudia, and other magazines. ... http://www.gf.org/fellows/359-claudia-andujar