Remy blumenfeld born 1965 is a british television producer and format creator, who cofounded the production company brighter pictures which he sold to endemol in 2004. Erwin blumenfeld was one of the most soughtafter and bestpaid fashion photographers of his time, shooting for vogue, harpers bazaar, cosmopolitan and life. Blumenfeld had a disdain for mainstream conformity. New york, 1957 attributed to erwin blumenfeld silver gelatin print. By turns acerbic, selfmocking, playful, even absurd, his autobiography is a compelling, virtuoso account of an extraordinary man. Alec soth i know how furiously your heart is beating signed. Erwin blumenfeld blumenfeld studio, color, new york, 1941 1960 publisher. Emilie bernard, helen adkins, rudolf gschwind 22 x 27 cm. The gallery began as berkeley square gallery and became osborne samuel when peter osborne and gordon samuel joined forces.
The first major book to focus on blumenfeld s early work picks up all the elements that drove his later fame. The naked and the veiled the photographic nudes of erwin blumenfeld by blumenfeld, erwin. By turns acerbic, selfmocking, playful, even absurd, his autobiography is a compelling. Isbn 9780810931459 9780810931459 hardcover, harry n abrams inc, 1996. Erwin blumenfeld erwin blumenfeld was a german artist and photographer, best known for his contributions to the fashion industry between and he also employed fine art in blumenfeld drew early. Erwin blumenfeld by erwin blumenfeld, hardcover barnes. Well used copy, scuffing of cover and paper worn at corners. The highfashion fantasies of erwin blumenfeld in pictures. The remarkable life and career of pioneering photographer erwin blumenfeld has been well documented.
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When blumenfeld died, in 1969, his work was divided among his three children and his former assistant and longtime mistress, marina schinz. From wikipedia erwin blumenfeld 1897 1969 was a famous american photographer of german origin in the 1930s, he published collages mocking adolf hitler. He was born in berlin, and in 1941 emigrated to the united states, where he soon became a successful and wellpaid fashion photographer, working as a freelancer for harpers bazaar, life and american vogue. This is an exlibrary book and may have the usual libraryused book markings inside. His autobiography and his book my one hundred best photos were published posthumously, in 1975.
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Later, he was able to garner success as a famed fashion photographer by working for us magazines as vogue and harpers bazaar and pioneered forms of modern advertising in his prints for cosmetics. A prewar visit to new york established his reputation, once he returned in 1941 he rapidly became one of the best known and most creative fashion photographers anywhere in the world, creating iconic images using ground breaking techniques and stretching the boundaries of the medium in a way. The naked and the veiled the photographic nudes of erwin. This book is, both quality of print and selected photographs not a fitting tribute to erwin blumenfeld, an amazing photographer who is on par with richard avedon, norman parkinson, cecil beaton, henri cartier bresson, helmut newton and so on. Erwin blumenfeld the exhibition in the dentists waiting room did not make him any money but it was an introduction to many influential people. The gallery began as berkeley square gallery and became osborne samuel when. Born in berlin, blumenfelds peripatetic career took him first to amsterdam and then to paris, where his work in fashion photography began at vogue in. Fieret, hiro, rose mandel, marcia resnick, august sander, deborah turbeville. Erwin blumenfeld was one of the best en innovative photographers ever. The life and work of erwin blumenfeld berlin, 1897 rome, 1969 provides an impressive record of the sociopolitical context of artistic development between the two world wars. Erwin blumenfeld 18971969, dictator, paris, 1937 christies. A great book, one of the greatest books any photographer can buy. Erwin blumenfeld, manina solarized and cut,1937 photograph.
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