- Uncategorised
Theater & dance photographs
Jacobi, Lotte, Theater & dance photographs, Countryman Press, Woodstock, Vt 1982 Abstract From publisher’s jacket flap: “Berlin was a magic place for the arts in the twenties and early thirties, and no more so than in theater and dance. Fortunately for us, in the midst of this brilliant world, a young woman destined to become one of the best portrait photographers was just beginning her long illustrious career. Fourth generation photographer (her great grandfather had been taught by Daguerre), Lotte Jacobi photographed the brightest personalities of Berlin (and later New York), many of them her friends, in a direct and honest way that remains surprisingly fresh even today. In this…