Edward Steichen (1879-1973) was a Luxembourgian American photographer, painter, and art gallery and museum curator. He began by studying pictorialist photography and his early work expressed the romanticism of the early 20th century with artful, dark, and foggy images of the countryside.
His photos of gowns for the magazine Art et Décoration in 1911 are regarded as the first modern fashion photographs ever published. From 1923 to 1938, Steichen was a photographer for the Condé Nast magazines Vogue and Vanity Fair while also working for many advertising agencies including J. Walter Thompson. During these years, Steichen was regarded as the best known and highest paid photographer in the world.
Joan Bennett, 1928Beach wear, 19251932Katharine Hepburn, 1933Gertrude Lawrence, 1928Vogue 1926Model at left in a wool suit by Edward Molyneux; the one at right in a two-piece dress by Drecoll, 1926.American singer, dancer and actress Jane Powell standing in front of a Cadillac 370-D Fleetwood, 1935Vogue 1934Dorothy Smart is wearing a black velvet hat by Madame Agnès, 1926Marlene Dietrich, 1931Vogue 1926. Model and photographer, Marion Morehouse is wearing black sequined dress by Chanel.Louise Brooks, 1928Lee Miller, wearing Chanel with a Caroline Reboux hat, 1928Lee Miller, 1928Dolores Del Rio, 1929Marlene Dietrich, 1932December 1923Two models on the deck of the cruise ship liner Lurline, 1934Helen Hayes, 1931English stage actress Mary Taylor wearing a white angora hat with grosgrain band by Maria Guy, striped rough silk ensemble, and dark shirred scarf, with reflection in mirror behind her.British actress Merle Oberon, Vogue 1935Amelia Earhart1933Martha Graham, 1931Helen HayesGloria Swanson, 1924Dolores Costello, 1927Dolores del RioDorothy Gish, 1931Eleanor Boardman, 1928Estelle Winwood, 1923Constance Talmadgeent, 1924Claire Luce, 1928Beatrice Lily, 1926Danish actress Gwili Andre. Vogue, 1936.Greta Garbo, 1928Joan Crawford wearing Elsa Schiaparelli, Vogue October 1932Loretta YoungSeptember 1934
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