Morath, Inge. Grosse Photographen unserer Zeit: Inge Morath by Olga Carlisle.

Bucher, 1975.  Hardcover with illustrated boards.  Ex-International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House Library with several rubber stamps (see photo).  No other library markings.  Fine other than library evidence.  Text in German. 82 photographs in black-and-white.  Born in Austria, Inge Morath (1923–2002) was a prolific photographer and produced a number of well-known books, for many of which her husband Arthur Miller wrote the texts.  After working with Robert Capa, Henri-Cartier-Bresson, and others as an editor and researcher for Magnum in Paris, Morath became a photographer and then a Magnum member in 1955.  For an obituary, see New York Times, January 31, 2002.

Inge Morath (1923–2002), born Ingeborg Hermine Morath, was an Austrian-born American photojournalist and pioneer who became one of the first female full members of the prestigious Magnum Photos agency. Raised in Graz and Berlin, Morath originally studied languages and worked as a journalist and translator in post-war Paris, where she assisted Magnum founders Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa before picking up a camera herself in 1951. Joining Magnum as a full member in 1955, she developed a distinctive, humanist style defined by intimate street portraiture, cultural curiosity, and a deep, empathetic engagement with her subjects across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas. Fluent in seven languages, Morath often traveled extensively to research the culture and literature of her destinations prior to photographing, producing acclaimed photo essays and collaborative books including Guerre à la Tristesse (1955) and In Russia (1969) with her husband, the playwright Arthur Miller, whom she met while photographing the set of The Misfits in 1960. Renowned for her sophisticated composition, warm humor, and celebrated portrait series—such as her whimsical mask photographs created with Saul Steinberg—Morath forged a long, distinguished career that helped pave the way for women in international documentary photojournalism.