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Ernest Nash (September 14 1898 – May 17 1974) was a student of Roman architecture and pioneer of archaeological photography. Nash was born as Ernst Nathan but later changed his name to Nash when he was living in the United States between 1939 and 1952.He was a graduate of the University of Jena and had a law office in his native city of Potsdam Germany.Nash first went to Italy on August 30 1936 with a goal of documenting in photographs the ancient ruins of Rome Ostia and Pompeii.