Ruth Harriet louise #Photographe
Ruth Harriet Louise est une photographe américaine, la première à Hollywood. Elle était responsable des portraits à la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer de 1925 à 1930.
Exposition The women in honor by Staley-Wise Gallery Exposition Exhibition : «Greta Garbo» at Staley-Wise Gallery Modifier l'image
Press Release -
“I feel there is something unexplored about women that only a woman can explore.” Georgia O’Keeffe, 1925
Staley-Wise Gallery presents an exhibition celebrating prominent women photographers from the fields of documentary and fashion photography. Photographers from the legendary cooperative Magnum Photos are engaged in a visual and thematic dialogue with photographers working in editorial and advertising photography. Photographing and moving in different spheres, they are recording and interacting with women in the larger world to highlight disparate subjects such as war, childhood, religion, sexuality and style while celebrating the complexity of the female experience.
Photographers included: Eve Arnold / Olivia Arthur / Lillian Bassman / Louise Dahl-Wolfe / Bieke Depoorter / Ca...
Staley-Wise's press release :
Greta Garbo was the undisputed queen of Hollywood from the mid-1920's through the 1930's. The combination of her extraordinary beauty and brilliant acting ability elevated her to international stardom from the beginning of her career while she was still in her early 20's and newly arrived from Sweden. Her image as an exotic, sophisticated woman of the world was developed by MGM, as was her public persona as a woman of mystery who avoided publicity and protected her privacy.
Upon her arrival in Hollywood, she met Ruth Harriet Louise, a young photographer also in her early 20's who had family connections to the film industry. Together Garbo and Ruth Harriet Louise created her earliest Hollywood studio portraits, which captured her singular beauty and glamorous allure...