Violette Cornelius

Violette Cornelius (17 March 1919, Batavia, Dutch East Indies - 23 January 1998, Saint-Maximin, France)[1] was a Dutch photographer and resistance fighter during World War II. During the war, she joined an artist's resistance group and contributed to clandestine magazines. After the war, she specialized in architectural photography.[2] She worked with Ata Kandó in 1956 to document the situation of Hungarian refugees travelling to Austria.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Karen Duking, Cornelius, Violette (1919-1998) in: Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland, 2 May 2016
  2. ↑ "Violette Cornelius (1919 -1998) - Clandestine Photography during the German Occupation - Collections - Memory of the Netherlands - Online image database of archives, museums and libraries". www.geheugenvannederland.nl. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  3. ↑ "Biography". www.atakando.com. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
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