Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Alex Gurian reviews Toni Frissell

Toni Frissell (born Antoinette Frissell Bacon, March 10, 1907 – April 17, 1988) was and American photographer known for her fashion photographs as well as for photographing famous figures and for prominently featuring women in her work. While working at Vogue she wrote captions, and was eventually fired for poor spelling, but encouraged by her editor to take up photography, which she did to help her cope amidst much personal strife with deaths in the family and the breaking off of her engagement. As a photographer, she was rehired by Vogue and was one of the first fashion photographers to shoot outdoors, claiming she didn’t know how to shoot in a studio. She was known for this kind of experimentation in her work.

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