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George Hurrell (1904 – 1992) With a career that spanned more than sixty years, George Hurrell defined the word glamour. Hurrell’s early training as a painter enhanced his understanding of exposure, composition, and contrast. His artistry included a mastery of lighting and shadows, an expertise at retouching negatives and an innate ability to capture the essence of mood and expression that defined his subjects. His technique has often been described as “Painting with Light”. Many a Hollywood career was made or enhanced through his artistic intervention.

 

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Hollywood Glamour Photography Sold at auction for US$ 1.25 million - Profiles in History sold original Hollywood glamour photography for 1.25 million dollars.  The original photographs of Marlene Dietrich, Carole Lombard, Barbara Stanwyck, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, Louise Brooks, Veronica Lake, Clara Bow and Others, along with other Vintage Movie Posters. What's interesting, is that these photos were taken during the pre-code era and they are being "embraced by the fine art world," by the next generation of photographers.  "Fine art photographs" feature Hollywood’s legendary actresses, such as: Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Jean Harlow, Carole Lombard, Clara Bow, Marlene Dietrich and Louise Brooks. These photographs were shot by legend Hollywood glamour photographers in their own right including George Hurrell, Clarence Sinclair Bull and Ruth Harriet Louise

 

Clarence Sinclair Bull (1896-1979) was the head of MGM's stills department for nearly forty years, Clarence Sinclair Bull, along with Hurrell virtually invented celebrity portraiture as we know it today, capturing with rare artistry a breathtaking roster of stars in brilliant and often surprising ways. His magical and dream-like photographs in particular his collaboration with Greta Garbo, whom he photographed almost exclusively from 1929 until 1941 became the classic images of Hollywood portrait photography, instrumental in fixing the essential look of a star and in setting standards of beauty male and female - to this day.  Bull's days at MGM included 200 of his enduring portraits of such legendary film stars as Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Katharine Hepburn, Hedy Lamarr, Gary Cooper (seen below) Elizabeth Taylor, Vivian Leigh, Spencer Tracy, Ava Gardner (seen below) Grace Kelly, Jean Harlow (seen below) and Greta Garbo.


Winner of four Academy still photography exhibition awards, his early interest in photography took him to Hollywood in 1918 where he was hired as an assistant cameraman at Metro Pictures. He shot stills of the stars during the production breaks, and when Goldwyn merged with Metro in 1924, he became head of the MGM stills department, and remained at MGM for the rest of his career. Though Bull was experienced in every branch of his department, from lighting to printing and retouching, he is best-known for his remarkable portraits of Hollywood stars.

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Cary Cooper by Clarence Sinclair Bull
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Ava Gardener by Clarence Sinclair Bull
Ava Gardener by Clarence Sinclair Bull

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