Edward Jean
Steichen was known for founding ‘The photo-session galleries’ alongside Alfred
Stieglitz, this was a group that was renowned and devoted to encouraging
photography amongst the fine arts. ‘Though Steichen didn’t invent fashion
photography, an argument can be made that he created the template for the
modern fashion photography’ (Owen Edwards). Steichen is deliberated as the
first modern fashion photographer, by pursuing celebrities into his portraits
and incorporating an element of glamour into his work Steichen transformed this
field of photography.
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| Gloria Swanson: 1924 |
Steichen
diverted away from the mundane of the delicate light and substituting it with
the clean and sharp lines that associates with modernism.
Steichen’s work
is something that continues to intrigue me: one particular image that stood out
for me was one of Gloria Swanson, a famous singer, actress and producer
situated behind a veil. This was an image that particularly captured my eyes,
the direct eye contact allows almost an instant connection to the image whilst
the pattern covering the face allows an essence of mystery to be formed, the
black and white effect gives the image a classic ambiance: something I feel
wouldn’t have been achieved as well in colour.
Reference List:
http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=1816
http://www.answers.com/topic/edward-steichen
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