Lillian Bassman & Paul Himmel - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3868281010 ISBN 13: 9783868281019

Publisher: Kehrer Verlag, 2010

Synopsis

This is the first comprehensive catalog on the work of the legendary fashion photographer couple, presenting their famous works for Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, as well as many previously unpublished photographs.

This publication accompanies the first museum exhibition showing the work of Lillian Bassman and Paul Himmel in dialogue. Starting at the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg, Germany, the exhibition is intended to tour in the United States in 2010.

Bassman and Himmel are enjoying a resurgence with exhibitions, including in the galleries of Howard Greenberg, James Danzinger, and Staley Wise, New York; and at the Palais du Tokyo, Paris.

Lillian Bassman was married to Paul Himmel in 1935. From the 1940s, Bassman was at the cutting edge of fashion, working as both fashion photographer and art director for Harper's Bazaar. At Junior Bazaar she worked with young photographers such as Richard Avedon, Robert Frank, and Arnold Newman. Studying at the New School under Alexey Brodovitch, Bassman started shooting pictures herself. She soon was in constant demand and shot campaigns for Chanel and Balenciaga. Her work in black and white brought a sophisticated new aesthetic to print photography. Today she is experimenting with digital technology and abstract color photography.

Paul Himmel (1914–2009) was one of the few photographers working for both Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, but in the 1950s he was becoming increasingly disillusioned with commercial photography and started his own projects, poetic and graphically powerful series on boxers, the circus, and ballet. His pictures became well known through Edward Steichen’s important exhibition "The Family of Man."

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About the Author

Born 1917 in Brooklyn, NY. 1945 Art Director for Junior Bazaar giving projects to photographers Richard Avedon, Robert Frank, and Paul Himmel. 1947 Art Director at Harper's Bazaar. Bassman soon was in constant demand and, in addition to her editorial work shot campaigns for Chanel and Balenciaga. Today Bassman is enjoying a resurgence at fashions forefront, with exhibitions at museums and galleries worldwide. 1914 Born in New Haven, Connecticut. 1947 Starts his first fashion shootings for Harper's Bazaar under the patronage of Bassman and also works for Vogue. Soon he is one of the few photographers working for both magazines. 1969 Himmel gives up working as a photographer and more than 25 years he works as a psychotherapist Photographer and curator, works at the Haus der Photographie at Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany. Many publications on photography.

About this edition

• Publisher: Kehrer Verlag
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 3868281010
• ISBN 13: 9783868281019
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416
• Editor: Taubhorn Ingo