Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Hausmann Biography III: Two women and his camera.

The late 20's brought on a new wave for Hausmann.  He began working systematically with photography and established himself as a fashionable society photographer.  He also began his new life with his new wife, painter Hedwig Mankiewitz.  The pair welcomed a third into their relationship, Hausmann's new love, Vera Broido.  They lived a ménage à trois lifestyle in Charlottenburg.  Vera was the subject for many of his nude photographs throughout their relationship.
vera broido (one of hausmann's photos)


Hausmann main focus was photography, producing portraits, nudes, and landscapes.   Unfortunately, the trio was forced to run when the Nazis had seized power in January of 1933 to Ibiza. The photographs he produced focused on ethnographic and architectural motifs of old Ibiza.  In 1944, Hausmann and his wife Hedwig moved to Limoges, where he lived in a secluded manner for the rest of his life.  Raoul Hausmann died February 1, 1971.
photos hausmann took of pre modern Ibiza

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