ILSE BING These are pictures of people

These are pictures of people whose lives I shared and whom I think I understood

Cory’s images rework cartes de visite

and where traditional culture and identity is inevitably slipping away

INTRODUCED BY FRANCIS HODGSON

and lives between Frankfurt and Odessa

ILSE BING These are pictures of peopleGerman photographer Ilse Bing (1899 1998) has secured her place as one of the major photographers of the 20th century. Her pioneering images during the inter war era reveal a modern vision influenced by the impact of both the Bauhaus and Surrealism. Alongside her personal work she produced images in the fields of photojournalism, architectural photography, advertising and fashion, and her work was published in the major magazines of the period and