Inge Morath
American, born Austria, 1923–2002
Photograph Taken During the Filming of Arthur Miller's - "A View From the Bridge"
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Inge Morath
American, born Austria, 1923–20021961
Photograph Taken During the Filming of Arthur Miller's - "A View From the Bridge"
Inge Morath American, born Austria, 1923–2002 →gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) prphotographic process
Date
1961
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image/paper: 24.2 × 35.1 cm (9 9/16 × 13 7/8 in.); Mount: 35.5 × 45.8 cm (14 × 18 1/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Anonymous gift
A journalist and photo editor before taking up photography, Inge Morath joined the photographic agency Magnum in 1953. She became known for her insightful portraits as well as photographs made on travels in Italy, Spain, Iran, and Tunisia, which were published in magazines and as books. Like many Magnum members, she also photographed on motion picture sets. She met the playwright and screenwriter Arthur Miller on the set of The Misfits (1961) and—after his divorce from Marilyn Monroe—they married in 1962. This photograph was taken during the filming of Miller’s adapted play A View from the Bridge and features the principal actors in a climactic scene. Hugh Edwards, a noted cinephile, featured a range of Morath’s work (including this print) in a 1964 exhibition and added 20 of her photographs to the collection.
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