WYNN RICHARDS (1888-1960)

Tacks

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WYNN RICHARDS (1888-1960)
Tacks
Gelatin silver print. circa 1921. Estate label with date in pencil affixed to the verso.
5¾ x 8in. (14.6 x 20.3cm.) Framed.

拍品专文

Richards studied at the Clarence White School from 1918-19 and 1923. She was a member of Pictorial Photographers of America, and a colleague of Paul Outerbridge, Jr.'s. From 1924-28 she was doing advertising photography in Chicago. She was one of the first female commercial photographers working for Vogue, and became a leading figure in the New York fashion scene from 1928-48. From 1943 through the 1950s she photographed for the Cotton Council.