Anyone in the early 1930s who simply wanted to have a beautiful, sophisticated holiday in Nice or Monte Carlo – the pearl necklace around their neck, the pug on their lap, the fine hat combined with fine thread, their feet in the sun – could not only find themselves on the walls of the Albertina. He or she also easily became an object of class struggle. When he or she met Lisette Model with her Rolleiflex around her neck. A subject must hit you like a punch in the stomach, said the photographer and pulled the trigger.
