Inge Morath - A llama in Times Square. New York City, USA, 1957

Inge Morath. A llama in Times Square. New York City, USA, 1957.

'Inge Morath copyright The Inge Morath Foundation / Magnum Photos' on the back of the image. Total dimensions: 35,3 x 27,4 cm on semi-gloss paper. Fine condition. Printed Lated, 2000's.

A friend of photographer Ernst Haas, she wrote articles to accompany his photographs and was invited by Robert Capa and Haas to Paris to join the newly founded Magnum agency as an editor. She began photographing in London in 1951, and joined Magnum Photos as a photographer in 1953. While working on her own first assignments, Morath also assisted Henri Cartier-Bresson during 1953–54. She became a full Magnum member in 1955.

One of the most influential photographers of the 20th century along with other photographers of his time such as: Man Ray, Ansel Adams, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, Margaret Bourke-White, Philippe Halsman, Diane Arbus, Eve Arnold, Robert Doisneau, Robert Mapplethorpe, Richard Avedon, Annie Leibovitz, Steve McCurry, among many others.