Tuesday 9 November 2010

Through The Lens: The Iconic Glamour of 1950s Fashion Photography ~ (Part III: Lillian Bassman, Georges Dambier & John French)





Lillian Bassman
(1917-2012)
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“The women who intrigued me had the most beautiful necks and the most responsive hand movements. At one point, I found El Greco, and that elongated look became my way of seeing.”



Anne Saint-Marie, Chanel advertisement campaign - 1958


1949
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Barbara Bowman Blowing A Kiss 


Barbara Vaughn, Harper's Bazaar - 1956

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Evelyn Tripp - 1954


Mary Jane Russell, Harper's Bazaar - 1950


Translucent Hat
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Suzy Parker, Harper's Bazaar - 1952
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Carmen having tea - 1950
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Barbara Mullen in a Dior hat, Harper's Bazaar - 1949
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Fantasy on the Dance Floor - 1949


Barbara Mullen, Harper's Bazaar - 1954


Harper's Bazaar - 1954
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Dovima - 1954

Dovima
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Georges Dambier
(1925- )
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Bettina Arachnee
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Fiona Campbell - 1953


Capucine, Elle - 1952


Sophie Litvak, Elle - 1953


Suzy Parker, Elle - 1952


Sophie Litvak, Elle - 1952 


Suzy Parker, Elle
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Dorian Leigh - 1955


Marie-Helene Arnaud in Chanel suit - 1959


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Capucine

Quai des Tuileries - 1953


Suzy Parker, Elle - 1953

Marie-Helene Arnaud, Elle - 1957


Barbara Mullen, Elle - 1958


Nelly da Silva Ramos, Elle - 1954


 
Suzy Parker


Portugal


Karen Blanguernon, Elle - 1958


Doiran Leigh, Jardins des Tuileries - 1951



Marie-Helene et le Poisson Rouge - 1957


Capucine - 1955


Lucinda Angleterre - 1959
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John French
(1906-1966)




Ann Gunning


 
Ann Gunning - 1950


 
Barbara Goalen - 1952


Barbara Goalen & Tommy Kyle - 1950


Fiona Campbell & Ann Gunning - 1953


 
Fiona Campbell


Marla Scarafia - 1958


Marla Scarafia & Susan Abraham - 1954


Pat Goddard - 1953


Susan Abraham
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Jean Dawnay - 1956


Susan Abraham - 1953
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Barbara Goalen - 1954
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Barbara Goalen - 1954


June Clarke




Suggested readings:


 
Lillian Bassman (1997), by Lillian Bassman, Martin Harrison & Catherine Chermayeff: Little & Brown

Lillian Bassman: Women (2009), by Lillian Bassman & Deborah Solomon: Abrams

Lillian Bassman & Paul Himmel (2010), by Lillian Bassman, Ingo Taubhorn, Paul Himmel & Brigitte Woischnik: Kehrer Verlag 

Regards de Mode: Paris Fifties (2008), by Georges Dambier & Daniele Bott: Ramsay

John French, Fashion Photographer (1985), by John French, Valerie D. Mendes, Lynn Szygenda and the Victoria & Albert Museum: The Museum 




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