Erwin Blumenfeld

by Emanuelle de l'Écotais (Introduction)

An introduction to the work of the celebrated fashion photographer Erwin Blumenfeld. An experimenter and innovator, Erwin Blumenfeld (1897–1969) produced an extensive body of work including portraits and nudes, celebrity portraiture, and advertising campaigns―but it is his fashion photography for which he is best known. Having fled Paris during World War II, Blumenfeld forged a stellar path in New York, where he worked for Harper’s Bazaar , Vogue , Helena Rubinstein, L’Oréal, and Elizabeth Arden among others. This compact volume reproduces Blumenfeld’s influential work through more than sixty full-page images in Thames & Hudson’s Photofile series. The curator Emmanuelle de l’Ecotais contributes an introduction. 68 illustrations

Genres: Photography

144 pages, Paperback

Published February 14, 2023

Reviews

[Zac Hawkins · Rating 3 out of 5]

The later bas relief work-for-hire is all very well and good but its the early tactile portraits incorporating scuffed and defaced negatives and the latter contact prints that really sing to me.
At least a few of the Harper's Bazaar projects have primal echoes of Bokanowski lens manipulation techniques, very neat!