Anna Riwkin-Brick
Anna Riwkin -Brick; Hebrew ריבקין - בריק חנה; ( Born June 10, 1908 in Gomel, Russian Empire, now Belarus as Anna Riwkin, † December 18, 1970 in Israel) was a Swedish photographer. It is especially known for its imaging of children's books of Astrid Lindgren, photo books on their long-distance travel and portrait pictures Swedish personalities from the arts and culture. In particular, their ballet photographs they made known in Sweden.
Life
Riwkin Bricks Jewish birth family emigrated in their early childhood, first to Germany and then to Sweden in 1914. She was married to a native of Israel photographer Daniel Brick.
Education and Career
After high school, she completed an internship at Benkow court photographer in Stockholm. In 1928 she opened her first studio.
1955 shown one of her most famous images, a portrait of a Protestant woman from Israel, in the exhibition The Family of Men in the New York Museum of Modern Art ( MoMA).
In the 1950s and 1960s published Riwkin -Brick a series of photo storybooks for children who have been a great sales success and have been translated into several languages , such as the book boron i Norge with text by Astrid Lindgren.
1977/78 was dedicated posthumously their photos along with those of Karl Sandels and Curt Gotlin the MoMA exhibition.