Introduce briefly

• Florence Henri was born on June 28, 1893, in New York City [2].

• After the death of her mother, she traveled throughout Europe during her childhood, spending time in Paris, Vienna, and the Isle of Wight [2].

• She studied music in Rome and became acquainted with important figures in the Italian Futurist movement [1].

• In Berlin, she studied piano under the instruction of Egon Petri and Ferruccio Busoni [2].

• Henri moved to Paris in 1922 and attended the Académie André Lhote and the Académie Moderne [2].

• In 1927, she enrolled at the Bauhaus in Dessau, where she studied photography with László Moholy-Nagy [1].

• Henri's work at the Bauhaus focused on experimental photography, including the use of mirrors, prisms, and reflective objects [1].

• She opened a successful studio in Paris and took on advertising projects [1].

• Henri renounced photography in the early 1960s and focused on painting until her death in 1982 [1].

• Florence Henri's work is associated with the New Vision photography movement and Surrealism [1].

• She often used mirrors and other reflective objects to create complex and disorienting compositions [1].

• Henri also experimented with photomontage, multiple exposures, photograms, and negative printing [1].

• Her photographs challenge the camera's capacity for realism and create multifaceted, artificial, and imagined spaces [1].

• Henri's work was recognized for its technical experimentation and was exhibited internationally [2].

• She influenced and taught future successful photographers, including Gisèle Freund and Lisette Model [3].

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