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Bassman Lillian & Himmel Paul

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Die Erste Retrospektive / the First Retrospective. Kehrer, 2013. The work of Lillian Bassman (1917-2012) exudes a captivating elegance and a confident sense of style. She shaped fashion photography from the 1940s to the 1960s with her use of strong contrasts between light and dark, the grain of the photos once printed, and the geometric placement and shooting angles of her subjects. Bassman is one of the great women photographers of the fashion world. Her husband Paul Himmel (1914-2009) also worked in this field for Vogue, Harper's Nazar and many other magazines throughout his career. Hardcover with dust jacket, text in English and German. Brand new, in original shrinkwrap. Publisher: Kehrer