Baron Adolf De Meyer was born in Paris, he was the first official fashion photographer for the American magazine Vogue and Vanity Fair in 1913, a post he abruptly abandoned in 1923 to work for rival Harper's Bazaar, he was meticulous, eccentric, a dandy, an arbiter of taste and trends who immortalized the first three decades of twentieth-century society and shaped the genre of fashion photography. De Meyer married Olga Caracciolo, an Italian noblewoman, and Olga would be the subject of many of her husband's photographs. The de Meyers' marriage was one of marriage of convenience rather than romantic love, since the groom was homosexual and the bride was bisexual or lesbian. Meyer wrote "Marriage based too much on love and unrestrained passion has rarely a chance to be lasting, whilst perfect understanding and companionship, on the contrary, generally make the most durable union." On the outbreak of World War I, the de Meyers moved to New York City, where he became a photographer for Vogue from 1913–21, and for Vanity Fair. In 1922 de Meyer accepted an offer to become the Harper's Bazaar chief photographer in Paris, spending the next 16 years there. De Mayer began doing flattering photographs of Belle Époque aristocrats, actors, financiers, and industrialists. His portraits of the sparkling beauties of the fin de siècle Smart Set were his calling card to a position and profession in Edwardian society. He introduced the use of dramatic lighting, of a male model, and of two or more models in the same picture. His influences included the Impressionists, and the Symbolist artists Klimt and Watts, as well as Whistler. A great manipulator of light and shadow, he also veiled his lens in gauze, extensively used backlighting, inserted light sources in unexpected places, and retouched directly on the negative. In the 1920s, the de Meyers returned to Europe. As they aged, it is reported, they became increasingly dependent on cocaine and opium. The baron’s career deteriorated as younger photographers, armed with the new 35mm camera, began stepping out of the confines of the studio and scoffing at the soft-focus lens. After Olga died, de Meyer destroyed much of his work and adopted his young lover as his son. He dies in Beverly Hills penniless and forgotten in Hollywood. Jeanne Eagels Elizabeth Arden-Advertisement-1926 1921 Baron de Meyer, Ballerina Desiree Lubovska Desiree Lubovska standing by a window, wearing a dark dress in Georgette crepe, with fringed waist, by Jean Patou Elizabeth Arden-Advertisement-1926 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney -AmericanVogue1917 Nijinsky in L'après-midi d'un faune - 1912 Vogue 1921

Adolf de Meyer, American (born France), 1868–1946, [Self-Portrait in India], 1900. Platinum print. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Isaac Lagnado, 1995 . NEW YORK, NY .- A member of the “international set” in fin-de-siècle Europe, Baron Adolf...

1922, Autorretrato Adolf de Meyer (3 de septiembre 1868 - 6 de enero de 1949) fue un fotógrafo famoso por sus elegantes retratos, mu...

En Inde orientale, piqueniquer n’est pas du tout une petite affaire. Dans un pays où seuls les mois de décembre à février permettent de goûter aux plaisir d’un soleil tropical insupportable autrement, le pique-nique est un passe-temps hivernal qui est pris très au sérieux. Dans ce travail, réalisé de 2013 à 2015, j’examine ce phénomène.Picnicking is far from a simple affair in eastern India. In a land where the fleeting months of December to February offer the only time to ‘enjoy’ the otherwise unbearable tropical sun, picnicking is a winter pastime that’s taken very, very seriously. This work, done between 2013 and
2015 takes a look at this phenomenon.

1922, Autorretrato Adolf de Meyer (3 de septiembre 1868 - 6 de enero de 1949) fue un fotógrafo famoso por sus elegantes retratos, mu...

Baron Adolf de Meyer, advertisement for Elizabeth Arden cosmetics. Gelatin silver print. British, c.1927. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Scanned from "Art Deco 1910-1939" edited by Charlotte Benton, Tim Benton and Chislaine Wood.

Vogue è ritenuta la più prestigiosa tra le riviste di moda, infatti il mensile negli […]