PAST PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS
Ilse Bing: Queen of the Leica
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Ilse Bing (1899-1998) was one of several leading women photographers in the inter-war period. Her rapid success and early and exclusive use of the Leica camera soon earned her the title 'Queen of the Leica' from the critic and photographer Emmanuel Sougez.
The photographs that were shown in this temporary display were mainly taken at the height of Bing's career. They included examples of her early work in Frankfurt as well as some of her finest pieces from the 1930s. Selected from a group of about 50 photographs bequeathed to the V&A by the artist, they comprise both vintage prints and ones made in the 1980s and 1990s in response to a revival of interest in Bing's work.