From Paris to Roxbury: A Photographer's Life

She photographed Marilyn Monroe, Dustin Hoffman and Philip Roth. Also Pushkin’s library, Chekov’s house and Mso Tse Tung’s bedroom. But the Austrian-born photojournalist Inge Morath, who died in 2002 at the age of 78, began her professional life as a reporter and editor.

One of her early jobs was with Robert Capa’s newly-founded Magnum Photos in Paris, where she was introduced to the work of Henri Cartier Bresson. Soon thereafter, she began taking photographs and was instantly hooked. In 1953, she sold her first picture story to Capa, who invited her to join Magnum as a photographer, one of the first women to be so honored.

She went on to apprentice with Cartier Bresson, covering stories all over the world for the likes of Vogue, Holiday and Paris Match. She took numerous still photographs on movie sets and met playwright Arthur Miller on the set of “The Misfits,†starring Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable. She married Miller in 1962 and traveled the world with him, matching her photographs to his words (her fluency in six languages helped, as well). Together they produced “In Russia,†“Chinese Encounters†and “In the Country,†which focused on scenes around their Roxbury, CT, home.

Morath, who had more than 20 one-women shows in her lifetime, brought humanity and humor to her subjects, most of which involved portraits of some kind. A selection of her wonderful black-and-white photographs is on display at Joie de Livres, 7 Academy St. in Salisbury through Oct. 8. Hours are Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-5  p.m.; Mondays and Fridays, 1-4 p.m.

Elsewhere, around and about:    

Lakeville’s galleries all have terrific shows going: “Copper Field Suite,†recent works by Eric Aho, are at Argazzi Art. Through Sept. 30. Hours: Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Paintings by landscape artist Judith Belzer, Joe Goodwin’s surreal dreamscapes and Kit White’s inside-out landscapes are at Morgan Lehman Gallery. morganlehmanvallery.com. Through Oct. 7. Hours: Friday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.Works by painter Susan Rand and sculptor Lyndon Preston are at the White Gallery. Through Oct. 3. Hours: Wednesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. thewhitegalleryart.com.

“The Connecticut Paintings of Ellen Emmet Rand†are at the Tremaine Gallery at The Hotchkiss School. Through Sept. 30. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday, noon-4 p.m. hotchkiss.org/arts. “Feathers & Fur,†black-and-white animal and bird portraits by Hank Meirowitz, are at Agapanthus on Main Street in Lakeville. Through Oct. 31. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tel: 860-435-8900.

The works of Marjorie Fales, Nina Ritson and John Pirnak are at Noble Horizons L3 Gallery in Salisbury.Through Oct. 14. Hours: Weekends, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Shelley Parriot’s shimmering steel mesh sculptures remain on view on the Noble grounds through Oct. 8.

In Kent, Painter Sarah Plimpton shows new works at the Ober Gallery at 14 Old Barn Road. Through Oct. 4. Hours: Wednesday-Thursday, 1-4 p.m.; Friday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. obergallery.com. Paintings by Caroll Macdonald and sculpture by Paul Suttman remain on view at  the Morrison Gallery next door. Through Sept. 23. Hours:Wednesday-Saturday, 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Sunday, 1-4 p.m. themorrisongallery.com. Works by painters Susan Howes-Stevens, Kirill Doaran and Stephen Cole and sculptor Anne Huibregtse are on view at Bachelier Cardonsky Gallery on Main Street. Through Oct. 7. Hours: Friday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. bacheliercardonsky.com.

“Barnyard Beauties,†works by Sonia Halapin, Tillie Strauss, Shauna Shane and Joan Jardine are at the Sharon Historical Society. Who needs a county fair? You can visit these chickens, cows, horses and sheep on canvas (oder free). Phyllis Diller has nothing on Halapin’s “Polish,†with its spray of black and red comb and beady eye. That’s some rooster. Through Sept. 30. Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 1-4 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 23, 2-4 p.m. sharonhist.org.

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