Ratna Mohini
Introduction '''Ratna "Elie" Mohini''' (17 May 1904 in Batavia – 24 October 1988 in Paris) was a Javanese dancer who was the wife of the French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson from 1937 to 1967.She was born in Batavia as '''Carolina Jeanne de Souza-IJke'''. Ratna was known as "Elie" to her friends. Between 1930 and 1935 she was married to the Dutch journalist Willem L. Berretty.Cartier-Bresson and Mohini divorced in 1967, after 30 years of marriage, and Cartier-Bresson then married the photographer Martine Franck in 1970.
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