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Subject: [Leica] OT: famous female Leica photographers
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Sat Jun 11 03:25:55 2005
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Forgot one !! Madame Man Ray, yes, Mrs Man Ray was also a dab-hand with 
a Leica.
Douglas

Douglas Sharp wrote:
> Without wanting to kick of the arguments about her political leanings 
> again, Leni Riefenstahl is probably the most (in)famous. Whatever you 
> may think of  her political couleur she was still an excellent 
> photographer.
> 
> I believe Karen Szekessy may belong to this illustrious few too,then 
> there's that NY lady , whose name escapes me at the moment, Bettina 
> Rheims? Maybe quite a few others too.
> 
> The avantgarde and "Moderne" art scenes brought forth quite a few well, 
> and lesser, known names. I believe they all used Leicas at some time in 
> their careers.
> Lee Miller, Gis?le Freund, Berenice Abott, Marianne Breslauer, Florence 
> Henri, Germaine Krull, Claude Cahun, R? Soupault, Dora Maar, Ilse Bing, 
>  Lisa Schlansker Kolosek and Th?r?se Bonney.
> There are doubtless many more.
> Douglas
> 
> Richard wrote:
> 
>> Besides our own Tina and Karen (both of them), what are some of the 
>> famous female photographers that use(d) Leicas?
>>
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