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Mother and Child

Nell Dorr, Mother and Child cover, ca. 1950 (128.1999) Nell Dorr, Mother and Child, ca. 1950 (128.1999) Nell Dorr, Mother and Child, ca. 1950 (128.1999) Nell Dorr, Mother and Child, ca. 1950 (128.1999) Nell Dorr, Mother and Child, ca. 1950 … Continue reading

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International Women’s Day 2016

Margaretta K. Mitchell, Ruth Bernhard, 1978 (28.1983) Ruth Bernhard (1905-2006). Ruth Bernhard lives in the upstairs flat of a narrow white Victorian house in San Francisco. The staircase runs straight to the top, where both long walls are hung with … Continue reading

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“For Nell Dorr, life itself is the work of art, photography, the means of revealing life.”

Nell Dorr, Rosa- Alone with the sea, 1929 (28.1982) Nell Dorr, Mother and child, 1940 (33a.1982) Nell Dorr was immersed in the field of photography from a young age by her father Jon Jacob Becker, who ran a large portrait studio in Cleveland. It was not … Continue reading

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