Tag: exile in South America
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About, Part 1: Introduction
Jeanne Mandello, an avant-garde German-Jewish woman photographer re-invented in exile Chances are you have never heard of Jeanne Mandello…proof that sometimes even the biggest talents are not recognized because of the historical circumstances surrounding their lives. In Jeanne’s case, world events of the 1930s and 1940s took her from Germany to France, then to…
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Balenciaga, Shaping Fashion, V&A London, 2017-2018.
Mandello’s 1939 photo ‘Inside the Salon at Balenciaga’ was enlarged and used as a backdrop to enable visitors to try on a Balenciaga cape in front of the salon image.