/PHOTOGRAPHERS/PHER EVE ARNOLD

Eve Arnold


Plates contributed

The 1 plate attributed to Eve Arnold in the 1955 MoMA Master Checklist (Exhibition #569).

ID Country Section Year View
photo-0083 Cuba Family and children Clervaux

Notes

One plate in the catalog (count verified by strict-match grep against data/photographs.csv 2026-05-22): photo-0083 (#87, Section 10 Family Activities, Cuba, 16 x 13 cm). Nationality ‘American’ per MoMA Master Checklist; credited ‘Magnum’ as agency. BIRTH YEAR DISCREPANCY: Magnum profile (fetched 2026-05-22) gives ‘1912’; Wikipedia (fetched 2026-05-22) gives ‘April 21, 1912’; ICP archive stub (fetched 2026-05-22) gives ‘1913’. The 1912 reading is carried as the better-supported date (two-source: Magnum + Wikipedia). Death January 4, 2012, London per Magnum (fetched 2026-05-22) and Wikipedia (fetched 2026-05-22). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania birthplace per Magnum and Wikipedia. First associated with Magnum 1951; full member 1957 per Magnum and Wikipedia. Wikipedia describes her as ‘the first woman to join the agency’ (pointer-only; not confirmed by other fetched sources). Research file: research/photographers/eve-arnold.md

External biography

https://www.magnumphotos.com/photographer/eve-arnold/

Sources
  • src-moma-exh-0569-master-checklist
  • src-magnum-eve-arnold
  • src-icp-eve-arnold-archive
  • src-wikipedia-eve-arnold-pointer
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