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National Museum of Women in the Arts

Fashion Forward: Photographs by Louise Dahl-Wolfe

Louise Dahl-Wolfe, <em>Lauren Bacall in Helena Rubinstein's Bathroom</em>, 1943; Gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Helen Cumming Ziegler; Photograph by Louise Dahl-Wolfe © 2023 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Mar 20 to Aug 30, 2009

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Information about this exhibition is limited.

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Louise Dahl-Wolfe

As a staff photographer for Harper’s Bazaar, Louise Dahl-Wolfe introduced a witty naturalism to the staid conventions of fashion photography and helped pioneer the use of color film.
Black-and-white photo of a light-skinned adult woman leaning out from behind a large studio camera. Wearing glasses, a white turban and a stripped top, she smiles with an expression of humor. A large spotlight sits behind her and she holds a piece of large format film.