#American Photographer

[the-cricket-chirps]

Alfred Stieglitz

Georgia O'Keeffe, Hands

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Selan’s Beauty School (Chicago, 1988) - Melissa Ann Pinney

[theaskew]

David Lynch (American, 1946-2025), Emily scream #1, 2008. Digigraph, 84 x 84 cm. (Source: Photo Edition, Berlin)

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Designer Spotlight: Christian Dior in the late 1940s

“Simplicity, good taste, and grooming are the three fundamentals of good dressing.” – Christian Dior

After the austere styles of the WW II years, Dior took the fashion industry by storm with his line The New Look. The cut featured rounded shoulders, a cinched waist, and very full skirt. The New Look celebrated ultra-femininity and a return to opulence in women's fashion.

Richard Avadon (American, 1923 - 2004) • The New Look of Dior, Place de la Concorde, Paris, August 1947

Evening coat • Fall/winter 1947–48

Dior styles were often given titles:

Right: Dior's 1947 debut was dubbed the "Bar Suit", it is the most iconic Dior creation.

Left: "Abandon" • 1948-1949

"Mystère" • 1948-1949

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george platt lynes, petunia, 1940

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Ruth Bernhard

Shell in Silk. 1939 (printed later)

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Port of Miami (June 2024)

Photography: Neppy Editing: Neppy Genre: Street Photography Location: Miami Date: June 2024

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Saul Leiter 1947

American Photographer 1923-2013

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Zendaya for usaella

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Moonrise over cliffs and dune

by Bruce Barnbaum

1943

American

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Robert Mapplethorpe

Blue Rose

1987

Color Photogravure

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Highway and Driveways - Daniel Anderson

American , b. 50s

Archival pigment print on wove paper on board , 16 x 21 in.

[theaskew]

David LaChapelle (American b. 1963), Nativity, 2012. Chromogenic print and dibond, 50 × 70 9/10 in. | 127 × 180 cm. (Source: David LaChapelle)

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""Man with Flowers. New York. 1950's".

Photo by Saul Leiter. American. 1923-2013.

> Photography-Obsession

> fravery

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Los Angeles, 1940s

~Ansel Adams

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Nan Goldin 1st days in quarantine, Brooklyn, NY, 2020

Signed "Nan Goldin" on a label affixed to the reverse of the frame. archival pigment print. Executed in 2020, this work is number 1 from an edition of 3.