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Aug 2, 2016 · Often paired with what writer and close Horst friend Amy Fine Collins calls the “brilliant, sparkling, attentive” prose of his life partner, Valentine Lawford (1911–1991), a British former ...
Horst Fehlhaber was born on September 10, 1919 in Germany. He was a cinematographer, known for Schön ist die Welt (1957), Flucht in die Tropennacht (1957) and The Bridge (1959). He was previously married to Magda Schneider.
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Horst began by studying architecture and assisting the famous architect Le Corbusier in Paris. He became acquainted with George Hoyningen-Huene and began his career as a photographer. By 1931 he was working for French Vogue. He had mounted a well-received exhibit at Germain Seligman’s gallery in 1938.
During his stint with the magazine, he created the signature photograph of his career. The photo was made just hours before Horst left Paris to move to New York. Compare the recreation from the video to the original made in 1939. The photograph is famous for its sensuality showing the model with raised arms, tilted head and slightly undone corset. ...
Relocated to New York, Horst concentrated on his photography at Vogue that he had begun in Paris. His success in Europe earned him work on some of Vogue’s most prestigious shoots. As portraiture became more and more popular at that time, he became well known in New York society. He made photographs of notables — Harry Truman, Coco Chanel, Truman Ca...
Horst applied to become a citizen of the United States in 1940. It was a year before the United States declared war on Nazi Germany. Horst joined the Army in 1942 and went to basic training in 1943. He worked as a photographer during his service returning to Vogue in 1945 where he worked alongside Irving Pennand Cecil Beaton.
Fashion became an important part of the culture following the defeat of Germany and Japan. Collections from European houses were in high demand. Horst innovated his style in response to work by Richard Avedonat Harper’s Bazaar. His photographs reflected his new excitement and verve behind the camera.
Diana Vreeland became editor of American Vogue in 1961. She encouraged Horst to travel the world photographing people in the upper classes. This aligned with his love of making portraits. It offered him the opportunity to photograph not only individuals but still lifes and architecture, two of his passions, as well.
Vreeland left Vogue in 1971. Horst remained very involved in locations and celebrity portraits. He photographed Jerry Hall in Barbados and Duran Duran in London. While in New York his subjects included Brook Shields, Tom Wolfe, and Roy Lichtenstein. He photographed for clients — Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent and the New York City Ballet. In Europe, ro...
Horst worked more and more for House and Garden magazine in Europe, the Middle East, Central America and in Asia. All the time he continued to photograph for Vogue. At the same time, he worked increasingly on writing books and mounting exhibits of his work. His last commercial project was in 1991 for British Vogue. Horst P. Horst died in Palm Beach...
Apr 2, 2024 · Horst P. Horst was a pioneer of the genre now known as classic fashion photography. He produced outstanding, elegant work that made him one of the most influential fashion photographers of the mid-20th century. Born Horst Paul Albert Bohrmann, in 1906 in Germany, Horst studied architecture early on. He apprenticed with Le Corbusier in Paris and ...
Horst Fehlhaber. Camera and Electrical Department: Schön ist die Welt. Horst Fehlhaber was born on 10 September 1919 in Germany. He was a cinematographer, known for Schön ist die Welt (1957), The Miracle of Father Malachia (1961) and Flucht in die Tropennacht (1957).
- Horst Fehlhaber
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Jun 30, 2015 · Summer Fashions, American Vogue cover, 15 May 1941 Horst, a regular photographer for American, British and Paris Vogue, was known to infuse his fashion photography with classic Surrealist motifs.
Oct 17, 2014 · Horst’s portrait of the Duchess is more composed. It is taken indoors, in the library, in the evening on a beautiful “yellow-silk sofa in an alcove lined with orange-yellow velvet”, as ...
