Edward Steichen
Edward Steichen
Edward Jean Steichen was a Luxembourgish American photographer, painter and curator and a pioneer of fashion photography. His gown images for the magazine Art et Décoration in 1911 were the first modern fashion photographs to be published. From 1923 to 1938, Steichen served as chief photographer for the Condé Nast magazines Vogue and Vanity Fair, designating him the “greatest living portrait photo
"He used lighting to create these kind of abstract environments for his subjects—in our show, theres a portrait of Maurice Chevalier dancing while holding his hat, but the shadows of him and his arm look like theyre almost dancing in these abstract forms. The focus is very much on him and his face, yet its all constructed in a very modernist environment."
Edward Steichen
