Yva | |
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 Yva, 1930 | |
| Born | Else Ernestine Neuländer 26 January 1900 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | 31 December 1944 (aged 44) Lublin, Poland |
| Nationality | German |
| Other names | Else Ernestine Neuländer-Simon, Else Simon |
| Occupation | photographer |
| Years active | 1920–1942 |
| Known for | multiple exposure fashion photography |
Yva (26 January 1900 – disappeared June 1942?; officially declared dead on 31 December 1944) was the professional pseudonym of Else Ernestine Neuländer-Simon who was a German Jewish photographer renowned for her dreamlike, multiple exposed images. She became a leading photographer in Berlin during the Weimar Republic.
When the Nazi Party came to power, she was forced into working as a radiographer. She was deported by the Gestapo in 1942 and murdered, probably in the Majdanek concentration camp during World War II.