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Hungarian photographer

Andor György Ikafalvi-Dienes (born, December 18, – April 11, ), known as André de Dienes, was a Hungarian photographer, noted for his work with Marilyn Monroe and his nude photography.

Life

Dienes was born in Kézdivásárhely, Kingdom of Hungary, (now Târgu Secuiesc, Romania), on December 18, , and left home at 15 after the suicide of his mother.^[1] Dienes travelled across Europe mostly on foot, until his arrival in Tunisia.

In Tunisia he purchased his first camera, a 35mm Retina. Returning to Europe he arrived in Paris in to study art, and bought a Rolleiflex shortly after.^[1]

Dienes began work as a professional photographer for the Communist newspaper L'Humanité, and was employed by the Associated Press until , when the Parisian couturier Captain Molyneux noted his work and urged him to become a fashion photographer.^[2] In the editor of Esquire, Arnold Gingrich offered him work in New York City, a