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[email protected] URL: http://creativephotography.org Finding aid for the Ylla archive, 1937 - 1985 AG 138 Finding aid created by Paloma Phelps, 2017 AG 138: Ylla archive - page 2 Ylla archive, 1937 - 1985 AG 138 Creator Ylla, 1910-1955 Abstract Papers, photographic materials, and publications, 1937-1985, of the photographer Ylla (born Camilla Koffler, 1911-1955). Includes correspondence, writings, biographical information, clippings, photographs, transparencies, and publications. The bulk of the collection documents Ylla’s career as an animal photographer. Quantity/ Extent 8 linear feet Language of Materials English, French Biographical/ Historical Note 1911 Born Camilla Koffler in Vienna, Austria, to Rumanian and Hungarian parents. 1925 Rejoined her mother in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. 1927 Studied art in Belgrade. 1931 Studied art in Paris for six months. 1933 Began study of sculpture in Paris. 1933 Began work as an assistant to the photographer Ergy Landau in her Paris portrait studio. 1937 Published first books, Yllas Dog Fancies, Chats par Ylla, and Chiens par Ylla. 1940 Left France for the United States, after obtaining a visa with the help of the Museum of Modern Art. 1953 Made a 6,000-mile trip through Africa. 1953 With her mother, Ylla was a passenger in a small plane which crashed into the sea off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, July 8. Her mother and a second passenger died in the accident; Ylla and the pilot were rescued. AG 138: Ylla archive - page 3 1954 Arrived in India, September 7.