Ratna Mohini Explained
Ratna "Elie" Mohini (17 May 1904 in Batavia – 24 October 1988 in Paris) was a Javanese dancer who was the wife of the French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson from 1937 to 1967.[1]
She was born in Batavia as Carolina Jeanne de Souza-IJke.[2] Ratna was known as "Elie" to her friends.[3] Between 1930 and 1935 she was married to the Dutch journalist Willem L. Berretty.
Cartier-Bresson and Mohini divorced in 1967, after 30 years of marriage, and Cartier-Bresson then married the photographer Martine Franck in 1970.[4]
Notes and References
- News: Expert Witness: Henri Cartier-Bresson. 12 April 2010 . 3 November 2015 . Christopher . Turner . Christopher Turner (writer) . . London .
- Kunang Helmi, "Ratna Cartier-Bresson, a fragmented portrait", in Destins croisés entre l'Insulinde et la France, pp. 253–68,
- Russell Miller, Magnum: Fifty Years at the Front Line of History, p. 60 https://books.google.com/books?id=WaADyWnN2VkC&pg=PA60
- Lynne Warren, "After divorcing his wife of 30 years, the Javanese dancer Ratna Mohini, he married the Magnum photographer Martine Franck in 1970." Encyclopedia of twentieth-century photography, p. 248
