Zaida Ben-Yusuf
American photographer (1869–1933) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zaida Ben-Yusuf (21 November 1869 – 27 September 1933) was an American portrait photographer based in New York.[1] She was known for her artistic portraits of wealthy, fashionable, and famous Americans during the turn of the 19th–20th century.
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Born | Esther Zeghdda Ben Youseph Nathan (1869-11-21)21 November 1869 London, England |
Died | 27 September 1933(1933-09-27) (aged 63) Brooklyn, New York |
Known for | Photography |
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In 1901, The Ladies Home Journal featured her and six other photographers as "The Foremost Women Photographers in America".[2][3] In 2008, the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery mounted an exhibition dedicated solely to Ben-Yusuf's work, re-establishing her as a key figure in the early development of fine art photography.[4][5]