Irina Ionesco
Irina Ionesco (born September 3, 1930 in Paris ) is a French photographer of Romanian descent.
Life
Ionesco was born in Paris to Romanian parents; her mother died in childbirth. She spent part of her childhood in Constanța (Romania); In 1946 she finally returned to France. Initially active as a painter and dancer, she shifted her interest to photography in the 1960s. Since around 1970 she has been internationally known with exhibitions in numerous countries. Her main areas of work are nude and erotic photography .
She is mostly remembered for the revealing nude photos of her daughter Eva Ionesco , which she started when her daughter was only four years old. In 1976 pictures of eleven-year-old Eva appeared in Playboy , at the same age she played an erotic role in the 1977 film Play We Love . In response, Irina was denied custody of her daughter, and Eva grew up with a foster family. After a lawsuit by her daughter in 2012, Irina Ionesco was sentenced to hand over all negatives and € 10,000 in damages.
Publications (selection)
- Liliacées langoureuses aux parfums d'Arabie . Chêne, Paris 1974, ISBN 2-85108-005-9
- Femmes sans tain . B. Letu, [s. l.] 1975
- Temple aux miroirs . Seghers, Paris 1977
- Litanie pour un'amante funebre . Cegna Editori, [sl] 1978
- Irina Ionesco . Bernard Letu, Genève 1979, ISBN 2-88051-006-6
- Cent onze photographies érotiques . Borderie, Les Pilles 1980, ISBN 2-86380-011-6
- Le divan . Borderie, Paris 1981
- Passions . Pink Star Editions, Paris 1984, ISBN 2-903901-05-8
- The eros of baroque . Tokyo, Libroport 1988, ISBN 4-845-70362-9
- Les immortelles . Contrejour, Paris 1991, ISBN 2-85949-128-7
- Kafka, le cercle de Prague . Ed. Sand, Paris 1992, ISBN 2-7107-0483-8
- Hiver clinique . Ed. Phi, Luxembourg 1996, ISBN 2-87962-057-0
- Nudes . Edition Stemmle, Kilchberg / Zurich 1996, ISBN 3-908162-52-1
- Eva: Eloge de ma fille . Tokyo, Editions Treville 2004, ISBN 0-9727073-1-X
- L'œil de la poupée . Des femmes, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-7210-0485-9
- R. Pan-Exotica . Tokyo, Editions Treville 2004, ISBN 4-309-90604-4
- Le Japon Interdit . Arts Galeries Benchaieb, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-9523045-0-5
- Master set . Edition YNOX Paris (2014), ISBN 978-2-36699-017-1
- Sylvia Kristel . Edition YNOX Paris (2014), ISBN 978-2-36699-012-6 (Edition de tête) & ISBN 978-2-36699-013-3 (Edition courante)
Lexical entry
- Hans-Michael Koetzle: Photographers AZ . Taschen Germany, 2015. ISBN 978-3-8365-1107-0
Web links
- Literature by and about Irina Ionesco in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and appreciation (English)
- Portraits of Irina Ionesco by Gerard Beringer - Editions Jean-Fabien G. Phinera (book video)
- Official website (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Birth certificate at commons
- ↑ Selling nude pictures of her as an 11-year-old: French actress sued mother. AFP, November 12, 2012, accessed September 10, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ionesco, Irina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |