Lisette Model was born on November 10th 1901. She lived in Austria with her parents and a few siblings. Her family was Jewish. Lisette did not go to school for a while but had tutors. She studied with musicians and painters before deciding on becoming a photographer and she studied darkroom techniques before deciding to take pictures of people.
Model’s style is portraits mostly. She lived in New York for a while and took pictures of people. She liked to take pictures of “ugly” people: morbidly obese women, old men and the homeless. They were more interesting than posed portraits of pretty people. She got her influences from some great artists.
Andre Lhote a sculptor influenced model and who later in life became a cubist artist when she was interested in visual art. Arnold Schoenberg a gifted composer also influenced her in music. When Model first became interested in photography her younger sister taught her the darkroom technique. However her photography teacher was Rogi Andre.
Model used her experiences and family background to enhance her pictures. She took unflattering photos of most people; it was an unsympathetic look at people and life. She spent time in New York, going into seedy bars to take pictures of different people.
Some of Model’s most famous works are of the rich at the Promenade des Anglais where she took pictures of the over privileged. Most of the people were fat and indulged too much. Another of her famous works was of a very fat woman at the Coney Island Baths.
Model was a very gifted photographer and because of that she influenced other photographers. Model even taught Diane Arbus, who is more famous than Model, but whose style is very similar.
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