Ratna Mohini | |
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Born | 17 May 1904 |
Ratna "Elie" Mohini (17 May 1904 in Batavia – 24 October 1988 in Paris) [1] was a Javanese dancer who was the wife of the French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson from 1937 to 1967. [2]
She was born in Batavia as Carolina Jeanne de Souza-IJke. [1] Ratna was known as "Elie" to her friends. [3] Between 1930 and 1935 she was married to the Dutch journalist Willem L. Berretty.
Cartier-Bresson and Mohini divorced in 1967, after 30 years of marriage, and Cartier-Bresson then married the photographer Martine Franck in 1970. [4]
Ratna Mohini | |
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Born | 17 May 1904 |
Ratna "Elie" Mohini (17 May 1904 in Batavia – 24 October 1988 in Paris) [1] was a Javanese dancer who was the wife of the French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson from 1937 to 1967. [2]
She was born in Batavia as Carolina Jeanne de Souza-IJke. [1] Ratna was known as "Elie" to her friends. [3] Between 1930 and 1935 she was married to the Dutch journalist Willem L. Berretty.
Cartier-Bresson and Mohini divorced in 1967, after 30 years of marriage, and Cartier-Bresson then married the photographer Martine Franck in 1970. [4]