Polish born Photographer 1897 Nov. 29th. b. Wilda, Posen, Poland. 1912 Moves with her mother to Munich. 1918 Receives her certificate from the Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Photographie; Ger. ->. Opens her own studio. 1919 Marched with and Photographed Kurt Eisner -> when he was assassinated. 1920 Expelled from Bavaria for Communist activities. Accompanies her lover'Samuel Levit to Russia. 1921 Levit abandons her. Imprisoned (twice) as a Anti-Bolshevik in the Lubyanka. 1922 Expelled from Russia. Goes to Berlin after seeking refuge with Eisner's widow. 1923 Meets the Communist Dutch Filmaker Joris Ivens?. 1924 Her lesbien lover series Les Amies. 1925 Moves to Amsterdam. 1926 Moves to Paris. Publicity -> for Paul Poiret. Becoming friends with Sonia Delaunay, Robert Delaunay, Eli Lotar, André Malraux ->, Colette?, Jean Cocteau, Andre Gide and others. 1927 m. of conveniance to Joris. Obtains Duch Passport. Published Metal. 1929 Bicycle Wheels (Large +)
]]1930 Photographed by Eli Lothar
Publishes Études de Nu . 1931 La Folle d’Itteville -> published. A collaboration with Georges Simenon ->. 1935 Moves to Monte Carlo. 1941 Leaves Europe. Arrives Belem, Brazil in February. Then moves to Minas Gerais and photographs the city of Ouro Preto. 1942 In Brazzaville, Congo working for the Free French ->. 1944 After a stint in Algiers, she accompanies the 6th Army-Group at the Allied landings in Provence, S. France. 1946 Moves to Bankok. 1947 Co-owns and manages Hotel Oriental in Bangkok. 1967 Moves to India. 1982 Suffers a stroke in Dehra Dun near Rajpur, Uttar Pradesh. 1983? Goes to live with her sister (b. 1906) in Wetzlar. 1985? July 31st. d. Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany. The woman Man Ray named his equal ->. See wiki -> See more -> and more -> and Tumblr -> See Brief Bio. -> and Retrospective -> and also -> and more ->.