Louise Dahl-Wolfe
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2000. 1st Edition. Quarto, publisher's olive cloth, spine stamped in light blue, upper board blindstamped, light blue endpapers, original photo-illustrated dust jacket.
Monograph on pioneering postwar fashion photographer Louise Dahl-Wolfe, published as a companion to an exhibition of her work held at the Museum of the Fashion Institute of Technology in 2000. A noted influence on photographers such as Horst P. Horst, Richard Avedon, and Irving Penn, Dahl-Wolfe began her career freelancing for Saks Fifth Avenue. After Harper’s Bazaar editor Carmel Snow encountered her work in 1936, she was hired as a staff photographer. Alongside Snow and the then-recently recruited Diana Vreeland, Dahl forged a new era of fashion photography. She remained at the magazine for twenty-two years, where she became best known for capturing models outdoors, what came to be known as "environmental" fashion photography, and her portraits of famous figures. This monograph comprises a selection of her editorial color work and her most notable portraits of subjects such as Ingrid Bergman, Vivien Leigh, Bette Davis, Christopher Isherwood, Orson Welles, Carson McCullers, Edward Hopper, Colette, Josephine Baker, and Lauren Bacall. Includes essays by the museum’s director Dorothy Twining, photography critic Vicki Goldberg, and editor Nan Richardson; with chronology and exhibition checklist. Fine in unclipped dust jacket. Item #12756
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