Frank Eugene, Teen Girl Portraits

Portraits of teenage girls by American photographer, Frank Eugene (1865-1936), who started taking photographs at the age of fifteen. The Greek dancer with hydrangeas is Fritzi von Derra, about whom nothing is known, photographed in the early 1900s. 

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All photos above are of Fritzi. Below, are photos of girls in Munich. All were sourced via a search of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s web site.

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