Ida Kar
Ida Kar | |
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Ida Kar a few months before her death, photographed by Mark Gerson | |
| Born | Ida Karamian (or Karamanian) 8 April 1908 |
| Died | 24 December 1974 (aged 66) Bayswater, London, England |
| Known for | photography, particularly portraits |
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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.