Ilse Bing

Celebrated in the 1930s as "Queen of the Leica," the German-born photographer Ilse Bing pioneered the use of the new 35mm camera in Paris. Along with Brassai, Man Ray, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Dora Maar, and Florence Henri, to name but a few, Bing played a key role in making Paris the capital of avant-garde photography. Born in Frankfurt, Bing began her career in 1929 as a photojournalist. Her debut coincided with the rise of the German illustrated press, but she soon moved to Paris.

ISBN 9780810955462 | E | HB