The beginning of Ilse Bing’s presentation, coinciding with the exhibition Ilse Bing: Three Decades of Photography (February 21, 1986 – March 23, 1986), at ICP on March 15, 1986:
“Now it’s my turn… There is hardly anybody alive who not only participated in the early development of modern photography, but who is still able to give you a direct picture of this fascinating time, a picture with still a heartbeat in it. And it was interesting because everything was new. We had nothing to hold on to…”
Ilse Bing (1899-1998), Eiffel Tower with Thermometer, 1934 (15.1991)
Ilse Bing, ICP, March 15, 1986:
Ilse Bing (1899-1998), Three Men on Steps near the Seine, 1931 (16.1991)
Ilse Bing, ICP, March 15, 1986:
Ilse Bing (1899-1998), Danseuses à l’école Laban, 1929 (29.1991)
Ilse Bing, ICP, March 15, 1986:
Ilse Bing (1899-1998), Orchestra pit, Théâtre des Champs d’ Elysées, Paris, 1933 (215.1991)
Ilse Bing, ICP, March 15, 1986:
Ilse Bing (1899-1998), The Honorable Daisy Fellowes Gloves by Dent in London for Harper’s Bazaar, 1933 (17.1991)
Ilse Bing (1899-1998), [Two shoes and hem of skirt], 1935 (23.1991)
Ilse Bing, ICP, March 15, 1986:
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