Photographs

French


Dora was a photographer.

Photographs are a way of recording ideas, emotions and memories. She took many photographs of Picasso, the place they lived & their friends.

Photographs are a way of making art.
Dora changed the way things looked in her photographs. Her images of strange creatures were a new and exciting way of exploring the possibilities of photography.

Picasso took a lot of notice of Dora's work.

 

Dora MAAR (French 1907–1997) Portrait of Picasso standing under a cane awning Mougins, Summer 1937. Gelatin silver photograph, 6.0 x 6.0 cm. Musée National Picasso, Paris (deposit MNAM) 9. P–DM. © Dora Maar/ADAGP. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney, 2006