Inge Morath

Princess Troubetzkoy, in her costume as Prince Youssoupoff, sits in a sleigh with Countess Marina Cicogna. She appeared in a piece titled "Arrival of Prince Youssoupoff at the Court of Ivan the Terrible."

In the winter of 1955, Parisian high society buzzed in anticipation of a dance on ice to be performed by members of the royal houses of Europe. Inge Morath, 32 at the time, and a newly minted member of the Magnum photo agency, was assigned to cover the charity event, going behind the scenes to document the glamorous participants as they rehearsed for the gala evening. She shot 14 rolls in total, and the material was processed and distributed through the Magnum network, but never found its way into print.