Paula Vellet Archives

Lotte Jacobi

Coming from a long line of photographers, German-born Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990) was known for her intimate, dramatic and often experimental portraits in the ‘New Vision’ style of the late 1920s and 30s. After fleeing Hitler’s Germany, she re-established herself as a portraitist in New York and moved into abstraction and landscape photography…

Gabby Kynoch16th June 2019

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Ilse Bing

Ilse Bing (1899–1998) was a German-born inter-war photographer who worked in photojournalism and portraiture in Paris and New York. She worked in the modernist style and innovated using solarisation and night photography. Her work was featured in MoMA’s first survey exhibition of photography in 1937.

Gabby Kynoch16th June 2019

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Helen Levitt

One of America’s foremost street photographers, Helen Levitt captured the energy of the streets of Spanish Harlem, Brooklyn and the Bronx through her candid, quirkily framed shots of children at play.

Gabby Kynoch15th June 2019

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Edith Glogau

Edith Glogau (1898 – 1970) was a student of Madame D’Ora who opened her own Atelier Glogau in Vienna in 1925 when Madame D’Ora went to Paris.

Gabby Kynoch3rd June 2019

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Friedl Dicker-Brandeis

The Bauhaus-trained Austrian designer and artist who was killed in the Holocaust has recently become better known for her painting and art therapy than photography. But in the early 30’s she produced powerful anti-fascist photomontages in a Dadaist style.

Gabby Kynoch19th May 2019

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Martine Franck

Martine Franck was a Belgian-born/British documentary and portrait photographer who was a member of Magnum Photos for over 32 years

Gabby Kynoch19th May 2019

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Gisèle Freund

From assignments for Life and Time Magazine, Gisèle Freund is most well-known for her candid portraits of literary greats and artists

Gabby Kynoch12th April 2019

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Penny Tweedie

British photojournalist Penelope Anne (Penny) Tweedie (1940-2011) covered the major political and humanitarian issues of the 60s and 70s with fearless and compassionate images.

Gabby Kynoch9th February 2019

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Catherine Leroy

French photojournalist Catherine Leroy (1944-2006) continued the work of fellow female war photographer Dickey Chapelle in documenting the Vietnam War and went on to cover the Fall of Saigon, the Troubles and the Middle East wars. She was the first woman to win the Robert Capra and George Polk awards for courage…