Fashion, fine arts... and Hitler: the tumultuous career of Erwin Blumenfeld - in pictures
As soon as he arrived in Paris in 1936, Blumenfeld began to experiment prolifically. He uses accessories – veils, opaque glass, mirrors – and sophisticated lighting, then reworks his images in the darkroom. Influenced by the composition techniques of the New Vision movement, he experiments with solarizations, reticulations, superpositions, optical and mirror effects and contrasts of light and dark to create a personal formal grammar in which feminine beauty and the nude are in the spotlight
As soon as he arrived in Paris in 1936, Blumenfeld began to experiment prolifically. He uses accessories – veils, opaque glass, mirrors – and sophisticated lighting, then reworks his images in the darkroom. Influenced by the composition techniques of the New Vision movement, he experiments with solarizations, reticulations, superpositions, optical and mirror effects and contrasts of light and dark to create a personal formal grammar in which feminine beauty and the nude are in the spotlight
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