Blumenfeld Studio: New York, 1941 - 1960 at Somerset House

Blumenfeld Studio: New York, 1941 - 1960 looks at one of the most influential photographers of the twentieth century, Erwin Blumenfeld and his latter works from his career in New York. Having produced an extensive body of work throughout his thirty-five year career, it was in the USA, after the war in the context of economic growth and a buoyant and expanding press, that Blumenfeld's humorous, inventive and personal work flourished. This exhibition celebrates the output of his Central Park studio during the Second World War and post-war boom years, including fashion photography, advertising campaigns, personality portraits, 'war effort' propaganda posters and experimental work, which have since been recognized as significant technical achievements in the field.

After only three years of working in the USA, the German-born photographer became one of the most famous and highly paid photographers in the business, with the New York Times heralding him as an "outstanding leader in imaginative photography".

Blumenfeld Studio: New York, 1941 - 1960 is currently on exhibit at Somerset House, UK.
May 23 - September 1, 2013

Blumenfeld Studio: New York, 1941 - 1960

Grace Kelly 1955 for Cosmopolitan 

© The Estate of Erwin Blumenfeld

Spring Fashion 1953 for Vogue

© The Estate of Erwin Blumenfeld

Lilian Macusson for the cover of American Vogue, January 1951

© The Estate of Erwin Blumenfeld

Evelyn Tripp in a Dior Sargent Dress (variant of photograph in American Vogue Nov. 1949)

© The Estate of Erwin Blumenfeld

City Lights

© The Estate of Erwin Blumenfeld

Support for the Red Cross for the cover of American Vogue March 1945

 © The Estate of Erwin Blumenfeld

Courtesy The Estate of Erwin Blumenfeld and Somerset House, UK.