Beach – Off Season, circa 1975
(b. 1914, Moscow, Russia; d. 1986, USA)
Photographer Irene Fay was born in Moscow on the eve of the First World War. At three-years old, her mother fled the Bolsheviks with her and her infant brother, after they imprisoned Fay’s father for being a factory owner, capitalist, and Jew. They escaped to Crimea, hiding under hay at the bottom of a horse drawn caridge. From an early age, Fay witnessed heinous events that informed her visual aesthetic that delicately and quietly captures fleeting moments with curiosity and mystery.
