100 Bits of Happiness 69/100

[mabith]

This self-portrait by Marianne Breslauer is behind a cut because it does have nudity. It's an absolutely gorgeous picture. One of her photographs won the Photo of the Year award at the Salon International d’art Photographique in 1934.

[Self-portrait]

Comments

[decemberthirty]

Wow! I like the self-portrait that you posted, but I LOVE the photo that you linked to--the one that may have won the Photo of the Year Award. I'm not familiar with Marianne Breslauer at all, so thanks for sharing this.

[mabith]

Glad you liked it!

I'd never heard of her before either and she definitely seemed worth sharing.

[teagues_veil]

That's gorgeous!

[mabith]

Isn't it! I just love the balance between the various textures, what's in and out of focus, and that almost silhouette of her body.

[mabith]

No easily obtained books about her, but searching for one did lead me to this title, which sounds interesting -- In the Shadow of the Magic Mountain: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story, about Thomas Mann's children and their art/fight against Nazism.

[mirazandar]

Wow. I've been reading alot about her earlier, but I had never seen this before. Thank you for posting.

[mabith]

Glad you liked it! I'd like to know more about her, but the few books seem to be just her photographs (and are too expensive for me to buy anyway).