Yva, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Yva

German photographer

Date of Birth: 26-Jan-1900

Place of Birth: Berlin

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1942

Profession: photographer, fashion photographer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Yva

  • Yva (26 January 1900 – 31 December 1944) was the professional pseudonym of Else Ernestine Neuländer-Simon who was a German Jewish photographer renowned for her dreamlike, multiple exposed images.
  • As one of the first photographers who recognized the commercial potential of photography, she became a leading photographer in Berlin during the Weimar Republic. When the Nazi Party came to power, she was forced into working as a radiographer.
  • She was deported by the Gestapo in 1942 and murdered, probably in the Majdanek concentration camp during World War II.

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