Ingrid Bergman

PHOTOGRAPHY

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INGRID BERGMAN,

STROMBOLI

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GORDON PARKS

Genre: Portrait

Date: 1949

Location: Stromboli, Italy

Format: 35mm

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“A couple of years before this image was taken, Ingrid Bergman had written to Roberto Rossellini, expressing a deep admiration for his Neorealist films, with led Rossellini to cast her in Stromboli (1950). While working on the film in Italy, director and star began an affair; Bergman left her husband and child, thus causing a scandal. Gordon Parks (1912-2006) was sent by Life magazine to cover the story. Rossellini was reluctant to engage with the press, but Bergman was aware of Parks’s reputation as a photographer who could be trusted.

After Parks refrained from taking a photograph of the couple in an embrace off set, Bergman gave him unguarded access. This haunting image was taken while out on a walk. Parks recalled how three women, ‘clad in back, and resembling ominous birds. . . stared at her curiously. Aware of their presence, Ingrid waited for them to leave. I allowed my camera to record this sardonic moment.’ “ (EC)

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