Creator Bio
Maurice-Louis Branger
1874–1950
Born in Fontainebleau to a provincial French family, Maurice-Louis Branger began working as a photographer in 1895. From his Photopresse studio, he developed images of Parisian daily life and all manner of popular and high culture, from legal trials of interest to the public to motorsports.
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Ida Rubinstein as a Nurse
Ida Rubinstein, volunteering as a nurse in France during World War I, in a uniform specially designed for her by Leon Bakst. Dancer, actress, and patron of the arts Ida Rubinstein was born into a…