Blumenfeld: A Fetish for Beauty

By William A. Ewing

Book Overview

Erwin Blumenfeld was an emigre photographer who brought the styles and ideas of European art to America fashion magazines. In the 1940s and 50s he worked for Harper's Bazaar and then Vogue. His... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0946372349
• ISBN13: 9780946372348
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Barbican Art Gallery/Thames and Hudson
• Length: 255 Pages

Customer Reviews

A truly modern photographer .

A truly modern photographer, Erwin Blumenfeld incorporates the artistic past of more than 20 centuries. That is the reason he will remain modern for many centuries to come. In his photos you will touch reminescences from Praxiteles to Picasso via Cranach, El Greco, Renoir and many other great artists brought alive in a new medium and a New World.