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Her skills as a photojournalist are evident in vernacular sidewalk scenes such as this – gatherings of ethnic minorities, card schools and barber’s shop frontages, reminiscent of contemporary American realist painting. 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Her immediate and highly successful use of the world's most advanced camera, the Leica, earned her the title 'Queen of the Leica'. Bing supported herself through commercial photography, gaining a reputation as a photojournalist and a fashion photographer. 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