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Hurrell's Hollywood Portraits
by Mark A. Vieira
from Harry N. Abrams
They had faces then, in the golden age of Hollywood when a publicity photo could make or break a star. The visual power of George Hurrell's portraits, with their Rembrandtesque lighting and dramatic poses, shaped the careers of such stars as Joan Crawford, Jean Harlow, and Jane Russell, and did as much or more to establish them as their film performances. Mark Vieira, who adopted Hurrell's techniques and uses them to this day, explains how the master portraitist lit and retouched his photographs--a portrait of Crawford before and after retouching reveals what an artist the one-time painter really was--and analyzes their impact.
The Hurrell style: 50 years of photographing Hollywood
Hurrell Hollywood: Photographs 1928-1990
50 Years Of Photographing Hollywood
Beauty or Truth: Hollywood Photography by Clarence Sinclair Bull, George Hurrell, and Weegee
The Portfolios of George Hurrell
George Hurrell : Announcing the Publication of a Spectacular Series of Signed Photographic Prints By George Hurrell
The Hurrell Style: 50 Years of Photographing Hollywood
Book of Stars by George Hurrell: Photographien 1927-1990
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