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Tag Archives: fashion photography
Doris Ulmann – A History Lesson
Doris Ulmann, [Child, South Carolina], ca. 1929-32 A little girl between seven and ten years old takes a step towards the viewer. Her splayed hands suggest she’s unsure of her footing, her feet positioned as if walking a plank or … Continue reading
Lillian Bassman, 1917-2012
Lillian Bassman, Lisa Fonssagrives, New York, 1961 Lillian Bassman, Across the Restaurant, 1949 Lillian Bassman, Harper’s Bazaar, Barbara Miller, Paris, 1949 A New York City native, Lillian Bassman studied textile design in high school and modeled for the Art Students … Continue reading
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Frozen Margarita
Matthias Vriens, Frozen Margarita, 2007 Dutch photographer Matthias Vriens is a multi-talented artist who seems to succeed in everything he puts his mind to. After breaking his leg and giving up a career as a ballet dancer, Vriens set up … Continue reading
Focus on Fashion: Coco Chanel
Horst P. Horst, Coco Chanel, Paris, 1937 David Seidner, Tina Chow/Chanel, 1984 David Seidner, Betty Lago, Chanel, 1985 Coco Chanel was one of the world’s top couturiers. From the founding of the House of Chanel in 1909 until her death … Continue reading
Focus on Fashion: Louise Dahl-Wolfe
Robert Doisneau, [Harper's Bazaar editor Carmel Snow working on fashion shoot with photographer Louise Dahl-Wolfe and model Suzy Parker], 1953 Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Panorama of Paris, Suzy Parker in Jacques Fath Gown, 1953 Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Natalie in Grès Coat, Kairouan, 1950 … Continue reading
Photographers Photographing Photographers
Juergen Teller, Marc Jacobs advertising campaign S/S 07, William Eggleston with Charlotte Rampling, 2007 I’ve always wondered what this shoot was like. Had William Eggleston heard of Juergen Teller before showing up that day or did he know of him beforehand? … Continue reading
Girls in the Windows
Ormond Gigli, Girls in the Windows, 1960 In 1960, while a construction crew dismantled a row of brownstones right across from my own brownstone studio on East 58th Street, I was inspired to somehow immortalize those buildings. I had the … Continue reading
Irving Penn, 1917-2009
Irving Penn, Mrs. William Rhinelander Stewart, New York, May 20, 1948
That New York Look (circa 1969)
Vernon Merritt III, [Masked woman in lamé top and bell-bottom pants attracts attention from men on the street while grabbing lunch at a stand on Seventh Avenue, New York], 1969 Vernon Merritt III, [Woman in short dress talking with man … Continue reading
Lillian Bassman
Lillian Bassman, Lisa Fonssagrives, New York, 1961 Lillian Bassman, Harper’s Bazaar, Barbara Miller, Paris, 1949 Lillian Bassman, Across the Restaurant, 1949 (printed 1994) The photographic career of Lillian Bassman (b. 1917) encapsulates the multi-valenced trajectories of many professionals in the … Continue reading
