Born in Russia, Alexey Brodovitch (1898-1971) is known foremost for his work as a graphic designer. His career started in Paris, then he decided to immigrate to the US in 1930, where he began to leave a significant influence on America graphic design and photography at the peak of his career as an art director of Harper’s Bazaar. The use of white space, asymmetrical layouts and dynamic imagery have made Brodovitch himself distinctive from other designers at the time, thus shifted the nature of magazine
he was a photographer in World War Two, taking pictures for identification cards. After the war, Avedon went back to school, at the New School for Social Research, to pursue photography and learn from Alexey Brodovitch, a well known photographer and designer at the Harper’s Bazaar magazine. Brodovitch influenced Avedon to take high caliber photos and eventually hired him as a staff photographer at the magazine. It was at Harper’s Bazaar where Richard’s career really took off. He was sent to France
flight while at Columbia, he met classmate George Zimbel and together they started the ‘Midnight to Dawn Club’; photographing by day and developing all through the night. He enrolled in a photojournalism class taught by Alexey Brodovitch at the New School for Social Research. Brodovitch rose to fame in... ... middle of paper ... ...n, Phillip. "Review of Winogrand, Figments from the Real World." photo.net. NameMedia Inc., n.d. Web. 3 Nov 2011. . Gould, Mark R. . "His Ambition Through Photography
High School in the Bronx. He never completed his high school career, and in 1942 Avedon joined the U.S. Merchant Marine Photographic Department. When he returned he joined the Design Laboratory taught at The New School by famous art teacher Alexey Brodovitch. Through this class he started to become well known for his stylistically fashion work that often took place in exotic and vivid locations. Avedon was married in 1944 to Dorcas Nowell, a model known professionally as Doe Avedon. They divorced
contemporary photographers, his work has been widely recognized and applauded. Irving Penn was born June 16, 1917 in Plainfield, NJ Educated in public; he enrolled at the age of 18 in a four-year course at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art, where Alexey Brodovitch taught him advertising design. While training for a career as an art director, Penn worked the last two summers from Harper's Bazaar as an office boy and apprentice artist, sketching shoes. At this time, he had no thought of becoming a photographer
Darkness and Light From a very young age, American photographer Richard Avedon had a major influence on the medium of photography, and the way he used his photos to convey emotion and reality to people, he changed the world we live in. He changed the fashion photography industry and the way fashion as well as other products are promoted commercially. He developed a style that had never been seen before, changing the medium of photography to be not only a tool to sell products, but also to be