Scoop Canela Vídeos: Erwin Blumenfeld (reeditado)

Erwin Blumenfeld (1897-1969) es un fotógrafo estadounidense de origen judíoalemán que aprende fotografía de forma autodidacta.

Cuando surge el movimiento Dadá, se une a él de la mano de Georg Grosz, lo que hace que su obra fotográfica se sitúe en el movimiento surrealista.

Con un estilo propio muy reconocible, fue de los primeros fotógrafos que realizó una serie de videos experimentales de carácter surrealista en los que experimenta con la publicidad de moda.

Erwin Blumenfeld. Before and after

“I play the following roles with the art of deceit: human being, Jew, infant whose testicles have been stolen, painter-poet-prince, thinker, stinker...”

Erwin Blumenfeld (1897-1969) was a renowned American photographer of German origin who created some of the most memorable fashion imagery between 1930 and 1069.



In the 1930s, he published collages mocking Adolf Hitler.

In 1939 he published on Vogue a series of photographs where Lisa Fonssagrives appears swinging from the girders of the Eiffer Tower in a Lucien Lelong dress, and more than 50 years after the publication are still an innovate and memorable images.

His more personal work is in black and white and his commercial work in fashion for Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, is mostly in color. In both media he was one of the greatest innovators of the past century.

Extreme Beauty in Vogue.

(Erwin Blumenfeld, Jean Patchett, 1950)

The many faces of feminine beauty through the pages of Vogue is the theme of the exhibition Extreme Beauty in Vogue, an extraordinary exhibition on display from March 4 through May 10 at Milan's Palazzo della Ragione.

(Richard Avedon, Twiggy, 1968)

Created and curated by Anna Wintour, with design and art direction by Jean Nouvel, the exhibition investigates the role of beauty in our culture and how the female beauty has changed, with Vogue as a referee.

Anna Wintour and her team have selected 89 images for this exhibition from the archives of Vogue from its founding in 1892 until now.