1923年5月27日，Inge Morath出生於奧地利格拉茨。在柏林學習語言後，她先擔任翻譯，然後成為一名記者，即使在加入Magnum Photos後，她終其一生仍是一名多產的寫作者，保留著文字和攝影的雙重天賦。 最初，她為奧地利攝影師Ernst Haas的照片撰寫文章，後者是最早加入Magnum Photos的攝影師之一，在他和Robert Capa的邀請下，Inge Morath前往巴黎，加入通訊社擔任編輯及研究員。
1951年，Inge Morath在倫敦開始攝影，並於兩年後作為攝影師加入馬格蘭攝影通訊社。在進行首個拍攝項目的同時，她在1953至1954年間還擔任布列松的助手，可謂獲益良多，並於1955年成為正式成員。 在接下來的幾年裡，她遊歷歐洲、北非和中東，並拍攝許多照片，在1962年與劇作家Arthur Miller結婚後，她定居紐約和康涅狄格州。1965年，她首次訪問蘇聯；1972 年，學習過普通話的她獲得前往中國的簽證，並在後來多次訪問中國，還拍攝過毛澤東臥室。
Inge Morath的作品多元，曾為《亂點鴛鴦譜》 (The Misfits)及《The Unforgiven》拍攝劇照，分別拍攝過Marilyn Monroe和Audrey Hepburn。她在威尼斯、中國及蘇聯拍攝的作品，不僅是出色的街頭照片，還見證一個特殊的時代。2002年1月30日，Inge Morath在紐約逝世，終年79歲。
Inge Morath was born today (May 27th) 100 years ago.
“To take pictures had become a necessity and I did not want to forgo it for anything.”
Originally a translator and a writer, she wrote articles to accompany Ernst Haas’s photographs. Robert Capa invited her to Paris to join the newly founded Magnum agency as an editor and researcher. She started photographing in 1951 and joined Magnum Photos as a photographer two years later. While working on her first assignments, she assisted Henri Bresson during 1953-54 and became a full member in 1955.
Morath traveled extensively in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East in the following years. Some of Morath’s most significant work includes cityscapes and portraits of passers-by and celebrities. After her marriage to playwright Arthur Miller in 1962, Morath settled in New York and Connecticut. She first visited the USSR in 1965. In 1972 she studied Mandarin and obtained a visa to China, making the first of many trips to the country in 1978. Inge Morath died in New York City on 30 January 2002.
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