test: Edward Steichen By Joanne Lawler

Edward Steichen

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Painter, Photographer, fine artist, wartime photographer, Gallery exhibitor, Director of the US Navel Institute.

Born in Luxembourg in 1879 a great artist in fine arts, experimenting with Colour Edward was one of the first from his time to invent colour in photography images around the years of 1904.

Edwards travels and inspirations from other photographers opened new ways of creating images and colour into his work. Branching out further a field his work led him to war time photography first and second world wars capturing images that are well documented.

His work branched out further directions such as commercial and advertising, and film and the fashion world Vogue, Vanity Fair, then Edward worked along side Actors Charles Chaplin and many other great actors and actresses.

Edwards’s work was ahead of time Bringing Style and Fashion though his images. From the dark times of two world wars women expressed themselves into more beauty icons like film stars inspirations to many. Fashions became more daring, skirt lengths became short. And for history women were documented in to sport for the first image of a lady in sports wear. captured by Edward

This image explains how women from as early as 1920s took to sports changing rolls Women were portrayed as stereotypes, such as stay at home to care for family now women were to change every thing in history taking over the rolls of men.

Magazines changed everything around the times of the early 1920s women were getting out more and more active, even rights to vote, and Dance, and to drink Alcohol and drive cars. This was the most influential times, drinking and socializing more of a sexual appeal to women. For example Gloria Swanson was an actress the image portrays lights and lace material the shades in the image crisp and outstanding bringing the eyes say it all that focus out of the image. Edwards Images are a credit to the future for film arts and photography industry, changing the world for the future fashion designers and photographers.

Image ByEdward Steichen

Edwards Cover of Vogue July 1932

Looking at this image was ahead of its time the style the colour that as been used and the lighting. His work was mainly camera and painting images. I understand there

was a great deal light was used in this image, light and shadow. Charles Chaplin in this image captures not just his beauty but his smile, the style and reflection that were used using sepia creating His refection .