Lisa Larsen Art for Sale at Auction

b. 1925 - d. 1959

Lisa Larsen was born in Germany and went to New York at the age of 17, in order to become a young apprentice photographer for Vague magazine. She later worked as a freelance photographer for New York Times Magazine, Glamour and further well-known magazines. Between 1950 and 1958, she was active as a press photographer under contract with LIFE magazine. Larsen won numerous awards for her photographs and was named 'Woman Photographer of the Year' by the National Photographers Association in 1953.