Sunday, December 7, 2008

Edward Steichen

Katharine Cornell and Basil Rathbone as 'Romeo and Juliet' in the Broadway production
George Gershwin

Norma Shearer and Irving Thalberg - actress and head of production for MCM.


Isadora Duncan at the steps of the Parthenon
1897-1973. American photographer in both world wars, and also an innovative fashion and portrait photographer.
**Continued*** He was born in Luxembourg and came to the US in 1881 and became a US citizen in 1901. Steichen was actually a painter before he became a photographer. In 1905 with Alfred Stieglitz, he helped create the 'Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession'.
I'm a big fan of his portraiture, I love the black and white imagery, the lighting and especially the era of fashion, hairstyles and 'social mindset.'



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