Das frauengesicht der gegenwart

Photographic portraits bring together women identified only by their occupations and public figures from sport, art, literature and the stage. The subjects include the fencer Helene Mayer, artists Renée Sintenis and Erna Pinner, and writers Ina Seidel and Vita Sackville-West, the latter linked to the character of Orlando. Princess Yusupov, Carola Neher, Fritzi Massary and Tilla Durieux also appear. The photographs were supplied by several studios, including that of the sisters Nini and Carry Hess, whose work included theatrical portraiture. Combining portraits with a discussion of contemporary womanhood, the book addresses female self-affirmation and the image of the modern woman in the Weimar Republic.