Irina Ionesco. Biography, photo, bibliography

A lot of world scandals are connected with the name of Irina Ionesco. This woman became famous not only as a photo artist, but also as a mother, who took her little daughter naked.

Biography

Irina Ionesco was born in a family of circus performers from Romania on September 3, 1935 in France, in Paris. Parents of the photographer did not practice her education, they were passionate about work. Therefore, a four-year-old girl was taken to Constanta in Romania in the care of her grandmother.

But with the onset of the Great Patriotic War, both women flee to Paris. Ionesco Irina worked in dance shows, but at the age of 21 she became addicted to painting. The girl liked to draw elements of female objects.

In 1964, Irina Ionesco in the Paris gallery Nikon met with the artist, who gave her the first camera. The girl was carried away with pictures. And already in 1965 she found a model for herself named Anuk. So there was a first photo from Ionesco "Koma Raphaelite". The artist works in the style of erotic decadence. She photographed partially stripped women.

In 1974, the first exhibition of photographs was organized in Paris, the author of which was Irina Ionesco. The work of the woman attracted the attention of the public, which resulted in fame and offers of cooperation. Her pictures wanted to post a lot of magazines and art galleries from around the world.

Unfaithful mother and brilliant photo artist

Irina Ionesco is by nature a frivolous woman. She loves to travel, is fond of literature and is most interested in fashion. In 1965, at the age of 30, the photo artist gave birth to her daughter Eva. The baby never knew her father, not even his name.

Irina Ionesco and her daughter Eva were not spiritually close. She used the defenseless girl as her own fashion model of the erotic genre. When the little girl turned 5 years old, the French artist presented photos of the half-naked Eve to the public. Pictures of a child of an erotic nature became the subject of controversy, a scandal broke out.
Ionesco Irina photographed her daughter in a variety of poses and dresses. Usually the creative process took place within the walls of his native apartment, where chaos and darkness prevailed.

A little girl did not always want to pose for her mother, and then Irina promised to buy something delicious to persuade her daughter.

By the permission and insistence of Irina Ionesco, Eve was invited to shoot in Playboy. In the magazine there were photos of a naked girl when she was only eleven years old. Also, with the presentation of her mother, Eva was filmed in erotic films.

At the age of 42, Irina Ionesco lost her parental rights. Her daughter was given to the upbringing of a close friend of the family, the fashion designer Christian Loubouten. And in 2012, Eve decided to file a suit against her mother for stolen normal childhood. As a result, she received compensation in the amount of about 100 thousand euros. Now Eva works as a director and film actress.

Ionesco works as a posthumous image

Most of the photos of the French photo artist have an erotic and even pornographic character. Irina Ionesco, whose work has repeatedly been condemned by society, liked to create pictures in the style of modernity.

Her photographs show a mood of pessimism and doom, gloom and Gothic mysticism. Ionesco works many photographs of women in bizarre outfits and expensive ornaments. Despite the nakedness of models, girls are not the object of lust, they are more like a posthumous image.

Photographer's bibliography

Irina Ionesco is also known as a writer. At the age of 39, the French photo artist published her first book "Liliacees langoureuses Aux parfums d'Arabie". This portfolio, consisting of 25 sheets, is presented in a limited number. In 1974, the edition fell into the list of the most beautiful French books. It was presented at the International Fair in Nice.

In 1975 there was a second book from Ionesco entitled "The Way of a Woman". In 1976, the third edition of the French photo artist was published. The magnificent book "Litany for funeral of a lover" consists of photos and poems by Irina. She loved beauty and wealth in everything, her writings were decorated with expensive materials.

Ionesco's bibliography includes such literary masterpieces as "Temple of mirrors", "Nocturnes", "Irina Ionesco", "Raven", "Passions".