Ida Kar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ida Kar

British photographer

Date of Birth: 08-Apr-1908

Place of Birth: Tambov, Tambov Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 24-Dec-1974

Profession: photographer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Ida Kar (8 April 1908 – 24 December 1974) was a photographer active mainly in London after 1945.
She took many black-and-white portraits of artists and writers.
Her solo show of photographs at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1960 was the first of its kind to be held in a major public gallery in London.
Kar thus made a significant contribution to the recognition of photography as a form of fine art.