Atelier Jacobi :: Kleine Sphinx. Leni Riefensthal showed strong dramatic qualities in The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929). Scherl’s Magazin, Band 6, Heft 2, Februar 1930Kleine Sphinx. Die schöne Filmschauspielerin Leni Riefenstahl, die in dem Hochigebirgsfilm „Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü” starke darstellerische Kraft verriet. Phot. Atelier Jacobi, Berlin. Scherl’s Magazin, Band 6, Heft 2, Februar 1930
Rosalind Maingot (née Rosalind Beddome, 1894-1957) :: Eyes of Youth, ca. 1945. Halftone print. From: Photograms of the Year 1945. | src eBayRosalind Maingot:: Eyes of Youth, ca. 1945. Halftone print. | src eBay Rosalind Beddome was born 1894 in Brisbane, Australia. After a successful career as an actress she studied at the London School of Photography and married surgeon Rodney Maingot. The influences of her previous career can be seen in her theatrically posed, expressive photographs of portraits, figure studies and flowers. In 1932 she was made a fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and in 1933 had a one woman show at the Camera Club. Her work was published in the Sketch between 1933 and 1946. Later she worked alongside her husband as a medical photographer and helped set up the Royal Photographic Society’s Medical group. In 1947 she went on a lecture tour in America where she socialized with American photographers including Mildred Hatry her account of which was published in the RPS Journal Feb. 1948 “A woman photographer visits America”. She died in 1957 in London. quoted from source
Margrethe Mather (1885 – 1952) ~ Betty Katz, Los Angeles, about 1916. Side profile of a woman wearing a hair comb and floral pattern shirt. There is a single rose beside her. Palladium print | src The J. Paul Getty MuseumMargrethe Mather (American, 1885 – 1952) ~ Betty Katz, Los Angeles, about 1916. Palladium print | src Getty museum
Mervyn O’Gorman :: Portrait of Christina wearing a red cloak, 1913. Lumière Autochrome. | src The Dawn of Colour: Science and Media MuseumMervyn O’Gorman ::Christina on the Beach, July 13th, 1913. An evocative portrait taken on the beach at Lulworth Cove. Christina’s choice of swimming costume was a fortuitous one since red was a colour which the autochrome process captured particularly well. | src Science and Media Museum BlogA red beach dress. Dreamlike snaps of a young woman in red posing at Lulworth Cove, Dorset, in 1913 have now been revealed as some of the earliest surviving colour photographs. Autochrome. | src CNNMervyn O’Gorman ::Christina on the Beach, 1913. The comparatively long exposure time has given the sea a glassy quality and the large aperture setting and narrow depth of field has put Durdle Door, in the background, into soft focus. | src Science and Media Museum BlogMervyn O’Gorman :: Christina in a red beach dress at Lulworth Cove, Dorset, in 1913. Autochrome. | src CNN via FlickrMervyn O’Gorman :: Christina in a garden surrounded by foliage and flowers, April 17th, 1912. The location for this photograph is not known but may possibly be the gardens of Rempstone Hall near Corfe Castle in Dorset. Lumière Autochrome. | src FlickrMervyn O’Gorman :: A portrait of Christina, gazing thoughtfully into an ornamental pond. The location for this photograph is not known but may possibly be the gardens of Rempstone Hall near Corfe Castle in Dorset. Lumière Autochrome. | src FlickrMervyn O’Gorman :: Christina O’Gorman with Chinese Wisteria, ca. 1912. Autochrome. (detail of the photograph below) | src CNNMervyn O’Gorman :: Christina O’Gorman (standing) in the garden leaning on wall with what seems to be a Chinese Wisteria, ca. 1912. Lumière Autochrome. | src FlickrMervyn O’Gorman :: Christina O’Gorman in the garden leaning on wall with what seems to be a Wisteria sinensis, ca. 1912. Lumière Autochrome. | src Flickr