PORTRAITS OF BLANDENA GORDON LEE KOSSODO, PARIS 1952

BLANDENA GORDON LEE KOSSODO WAS BORN IN NEW YORK CITY 1915. HER INTEREST IN PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT CULTURES LED HER TO HER PROFESSION AS A PSYCHO-ANALIST. IN 1950 SHE TRAVELLED THROUGH EUROPE, ARRIVING IN PARIS WHERE SHE DECIDED TO SETTLE. IN PARIS SHE FREQUENTED A PIANO BAR IN MONTPARNASSE CALLED THE CHAPLAIN, WHERE SHE MET MANY ARTITS, MUSICIANS, WRITERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE DAY. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT SHE MET HER HUSBAND HELMUT KOSSODO AND HAD HER PORTRAIT TAKEN BY MAN RAY.