'CALDER, 1950'

DENISE COLOMB (NéE LOEB) WAS BORN IN PARIS IN 1902. REALISING SHE DID NOT WANT A CAREER IN MUSIC SHE THEN TURNED TO PHOTOGRAPHY. FROM 1947-82 SHE PHOTOGRAPHED ARTISTS WHOM SHE MET THROUGH HER BROTHER, OWNER OF THE GALERIE PIERRE IN PARIS. AT MORE THAN 90 YEARS OLD, DENISE COLOMB CONTINUES TO PHOTOGRAPH, CONCENTRATING ON PORTRAITURE, USING MIRRORS AND MASKS. A DONATION OF HER WORK WAS MADE TO THE BIBLIOTèQUE NATIONALE IN PARIS IN 1980.