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Stella F. Simon (Stella Furchgott, February 8, 1878 – March 15, 1973) was an American photographer, director and cinematographer who worked in both Germany and the United States. In 1928, she finished her only film, ''Hands: The Life and Love of a Gentle Sex, ''which is an avant-garde feminist film with imagery drawn from the early age of Europe and North America. == Early life and education == Simon was born in Charleston, South Carolina. When she was 8 years old, her father Herman, a dry cargo wholesaler, moved his family to Colorado. Simon developed her talent for musical composition at East Denver High School, from which she graduated in 1896. Simon married businessman Adolphe Simon in 1890, and they lived in Salt Lake City. After Adolphe's death in 1917 she moved to New York City in 1923, where she raised her three sons on her own. She followed in the footsteps of photographer Clarence White and enrolled at the Clarence H. White School of Modern Photography. During this period Simon started to develop her photographic skills. White died in Mexico in 1925, leaving her to mourn his loss. She finally decided to pursue advanced studies in film, and in 1926 went to Berlin where she became a film-making student in Technische Hochschule. Two years after enrolling, her film was distributed in both North America and Europe. It became famous as a feminist avant-garde work.〔Pauli, Roli. Stella F. Simon 1878–1973. History of Photography. 2000. 24(1). 75–83.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stella F. Simon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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