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Lillian Bassman — Jean Shrimpton
Lillian Bassman

Jean Shrimpton

A hauntingly ethereal portrait of iconic model Jean Shrimpton, rendered in Bassman's signature style of soft, dreamlike contrasts and delicate tonal gradations. The gelatin silver print dissolves form and shadow into an almost painterly abstraction, obscuring detail in favor of mood and sensory impression. Bassman's masterful manipulation of the darkroom process transforms fashion photography into a work of quiet, luminous poetry.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, printed later.

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May 19, 2016

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Lillian Bassman, Jean Shrimpton

A hauntingly ethereal portrait of iconic model Jean Shrimpton, rendered in Bassman's signature style of soft, dreamlike contrasts and delicate tonal gradations. The gelatin silver print dissolves form and shadow into an almost painterly abstraction, obscuring detail in favor of mood and sensory impression. Bassman's masterful manipulation of the darkroom process transforms fashion photography into a work of quiet, luminous poetry.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, printed later.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

20th Century, Fashion Photography, Studio Photography, Modernist, Black and White Photography, Gelatin Silver Print, Elegant Mood, American Artist, Silver Gelatin Print, Portrait, Female Photographer, Iconic Model, Editorial Style, Black and White

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