1901–1983 · United States · Photographer
Lisette Model
Frank, close-up street portraits with a blunt humanism.
Promenade des Anglais, 1934Source: Wikipedia
PHOTOGRAPHER · 1923–2002 · AUSTRIA
Inge Morath
Literate, warm documentary pictures from many cultures.
- Born
- 1923
- Died
- 2002
- Country
- Austria
- Field
- Photographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1956Fiesta in Pamplona
- 1956Venice Observed
- 1979Chinese Encounters
WHY THEY MATTER
One of the first women to join Magnum Photos; the Inge Morath Award is given by the Magnum Foundation in her name.
THE LIFE
Morath was an Austrian-born photographer who joined Magnum Photos in the early 1950s, among its first women members. She worked closely with Henri Cartier-Bresson and travelled widely in Europe, Iran and China. She married the playwright Arthur Miller in 1962. The Inge Morath Award supports women documentary photographers.
Also born in 1900–1929
1902–1984 · United States · Photographer
Ansel Adams
Sharp black-and-white landscapes of the American West with full tonal range.
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941Source: Wikipedia
1902–2002 · Mexico · Photographer
Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Poetic, quietly surreal views of Mexican life.
Striking Worker, Assassinated, 1934Source: Wikipedia
1903–1993 · Mexico · Photographer
Lola Alvarez Bravo
Modernist portraits and street pictures of postrevolutionary Mexico.
Galería de Arte Contemporáneo (Frida Kahlo exhibition), 1953Source: Wikipedia
1903–1975 · United States · Photographer
Walker Evans
Frontal, plain-spoken records of American vernacular life.
American Photographs, 1938Source: Wikipedia
1904–1983 · United Kingdom · Photographer
Bill Brandt
High-contrast social documentary, then distorted nudes and stark landscapes.
The English at Home, 1936Source: Wikipedia