The Art of the Great Hollywood Portrait Photographers

by John Kobal

One hundred and fifty portraits of some of Hollywood's most glamorous stars are featured in a study of the art and technique of such great portrait photographers as Ruth Harriet Louise, Ernest Bachrach, George Hurrell, and Lazlo Willinger

Genres: Photography, Art, Film, Nonfiction

291 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

John Kobal was an Austrian-born British based film historian responsible for The Kobal Collection, a commercial photograph archive related to the film industry.

Reviews

[lmc]

Excellent - must have for connoisseur's of B&W portrait photography and fans of Hollywood history.

[Sharone]

The text is interesting and gossipy, but the photographs are unforgettable.

[Cash Erikson]

I love all these photographs. They are so so so beautiful. The information presented is also quite insightful and really accentuates them. Incredible

[Alexandra Freire]

Probablemente hubiera tenido una mayor calificación sino se hubiera centrado el más del 50% de las imágenes en 3 actrices que poco me atraen: Garbo, Dietritch y Crawford.
El resto imágenes muy pocas pero bastante variadas de estrellas del viejo Hollywood desde los años 20 hasta los 50s.
Y un texto que no me llamó la atención mucho.