Tita Binz
Tita Binz , actually Juanita Ladewig (* 1903 in Frankfurt am Main , † 1970 in Mannheim ) was a German photographer.
Binz was the daughter of the chemist Arthur Binz and his wife, the writer Juanita Reutlinger .
Tita Binz came to Berlin with her family in 1911 . During her school days she was fascinated by photography . Immediately after finishing school, she began an apprenticeship as a photographer with her uncle Léopold-Émile Reutlinger in Paris .
Binz later settled in Berlin. She earned a living first as an assistant in several studios before settling in 1938 with its own studio on Kurfürstendamm independently made. Binz specialized in portrait photography from the beginning. Critics praised her for “her talent to show the personality of the person depicted” ( Berliner Tageblatt ).
Immediately after the end of the war, Binz left Berlin in 1945 and settled in Heidelberg until 1949 . That year she moved to Mannheim. There she died in 1970 at the age of 67.
Web links
- Short biography with some photos at the German Historical Museum
- Collections with photographs by Tita Binz
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Binz, Tita |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1970 |
| Place of death | Mannheim |