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Dahl-Wolfe's photography featured a stunning use of natural lighting and work on location which singlehandedly revolutionized American photography culture. <i>Harper s Bazaar</i>provides a comprehensive look at the influential photographer s work. <i>T Magazine</i>

Provides a comprehensive look at the influential photographer's work.--Erica Schwiegershausen T: The New York Times Style Magazine

Dahl-Wolfe's photography featured a stunning use of natural lighting and work on location which singlehandedly revolutionized American photography culture. Harper s Bazaar provides a comprehensive look at the influential photographer s work. T Magazine

Dahl-Wolfe's photography featured a stunning use of natural lighting and work on location which singlehandedly revolutionized American photography culture. Harper s Bazaarprovides a comprehensive look at the influential photographer s work. T Magazine

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Louise Dahl-Wolfe (born in San Francisco, 1895; died New Jersey, 1989) began her career making pictures in 1923. After studying at the San Francisco Institute of Art, she moved to New York and opened a photography studio, which she maintained until 1960. In 1936 she was hired as a staff photographer at Harper's Bazaar, and over the next thirty years revolutionized fashion photography through her editorial and personal work. Her work has been exhibited at the Grey Gallery at New York University; International Museum of Photography, Rochester, New York; Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson; and Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, among others. Louise Dahl-Wolfe (born in San Francisco, 1895; died New Jersey, 1989) began her career making pictures in 1923. After studying at the San Francisco Institute of Art, she moved to New York and opened a photography studio, which she maintained until 1960. In 1936 she was hired as a staff photographer at Harper's Bazaar, and over the next thirty years revolutionized fashion photography through her editorial and personal work. Her work has been exhibited at the Grey Gallery at New York University; International Museum of Photography, Rochester, New York; Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson; and Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, among others. Oliva María Rubio is the artistic director at La Fábrica, Madrid, previously serving as the director of exhibitions and general curator of PHotoEspaña. In addition to curating numerous exhibitions, she has juried a lengthy list of international awards, among them the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize/The Photographers' Gallery, London (2010); Henri Cartier-Bresson Award, Paris (2009); Spanish National Photography Award, Madrid (2000 and 2007); and L'Oreal Award at the Pingyao International Festival of Photography, China (2002). Rubio is the author of The A-Z of Spanish Photographers: From the XIX to the XXI Century (2014) and La mirada interior: el surrealismo y la pintura (1994) and has contributed texts to numerous catalogues. John P. Jacob is the McEvoy Family Curator for Photography at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. From 2011 to 2015, he served as the director of the Legacy Program for the Magnum Foundation, and from 2003 to 2015 he was the director of the Inge Morath Foundation, both in New York. Prior to that, he was executive director and senior curator of the Photographic Resource Center at Boston University. Celina Lunsford is the artistic director of the Fotografie Forum Frankfurt and vice president of the Deutsche Fotografische Akademie. She has also served as guest curator for the International Photography Festival Lodz, Poland; Lianzhou International Photography Festival, China; and La Fábrica and Fundación MAPFRE, both Madrid. She has written and edited numerous books on international photography, such as Imogen Cunningham (2012), Fast Forward: Photographic Message from Korea (2005), and Women by Women: Eight Women Photographers from the Arab World (2004).

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