LACMA Explores the Construction of Celebrity Through the Enduring Portraits of Vanity Fair Oct 16, 2008
To capture these icons, Editor Frank Crowninshield commissioned the world's leading photographers including Edward Steichen, Cecil Beaton, Baron De Meyer, Man Ray, and George Hurrell. The pairing of these portraitists with notable figures, including Pablo Picasso, Albert Einstein, Jesse Owens, James Joyce, Katharine Hepburn, and Fred and Adele Astaire, resulted in some of the most memorable images of the time. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
artnet Online Auctions - Photographic Portraits Sale Jun 21, 2008
Other highlights include the Garbo Portfolio I, 19291931, by Clarence Sinclair Bull, a portfolio of five gelatin silver prints that capture the star in various poses at the height of her career ($2,5003,500) and Jean Harlow, Bear Rug, 1934, a classic portrait of the actress by George Hurrell (estimate: $5,500 7,500). The sale also celebrates music legends from the Jazz era to the 1960s with portraits of Duke Ellington, Charlie Bird Parker, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and Bob... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Vanity Fair photo archive to go on display Nov 20, 2007
Plenty of Hollywood stars were apotheosised, not least a silkily seductive Jean Harlow, by George Hurrell (1934). Vanity Fair ground to a halt, out of tune with the times, in 1936 - the year, perhaps not coincidentally, that the serious-minded, photo-reportage magazine Life sprang on to the scene. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
One Million Dollar Auction of Original Glamour Photographs of Hollywood's Sexy Stars of the 1920s & 1930s Oct 25, 2007
These classic photographs -- the greatest assemblage of its kind -- were shot by legends in their own right including George Hurrell, Clarence Sinclair Bull (head of MGM's still department for nearly 40 years) and Ruth Harriet Louise, who as the first woman photographer active in Hollywood, ran Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's portrait studio from 1925-1930, bringing to life the most glamorous and sexy female stars of their era. Additional, ultra-rare photos from films including The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
A model of indiscretion Mar 8, 2007
" She counts the late French Vogue photographer Guy Bourdin as her all-time favourite, before reeling off a list of names of fashion artists she likes. "The late and great Richard Avedon, Francesco Scavullo, Albert Watson, Patrick Demarchelier, Terry Richardson, Horst, George Hurrell, Lartigue, Cartier-Bresson. I can name names. (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
