Artwork of the Day: The Feared and The Fearless

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Dazzling Erin

Artist Unknown

Artist Profile: Billy Name (1940 — 2016)

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Dazzling Erin

The photographer Billy Name died yesterday at the age of 76. A former boyfriend of artist Andy Warhol, Name was responsible for taking pictures of Warhol and The Factory in the 1960s. His photography serves as a historical record of life in New York’s underground art scene. You can see a few of his photographs below:

Artwork of the Day: The 31st of February

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Dazzling Erin

by Robert Maguire

Artist Profile: Phil Stern (1919 — 2014)

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Dazzling Erin

Before he was hired by Look Magazine, Phil Stern served as a U.S. Army Ranger and developed his photography skills during World War II. After returning home from the service, Stern became best known for his pictures of Hollywood stars, with many of the images he captured becoming iconic. Below is a small sampling of his work both during the war and after.

Alfred Hitchcock

James Dean

Jean Simmons

John Wayne (1969)

Marilyn Monroe and Jack Benny (1963)

Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Frank Sinatra (1954)

James Dean (1955)

Louis Armstrong and Billie Holliday (1949)

Marlon Brando (1953)

Sophia Loren (1957)

Artwork of the Day: Temple of Shame

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Dazzling Erin

By Robert Bonfils

Artist Profile: Cornel Lucas (1920 — 2012)

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Dazzling Erin

British photographer Cornel Lucas was a world-renowned film still photographer who, from the start of his career in the late 1940s, revolutionized the field of film portraiture. During his career he created the defining images of many celebrities at a time when carefully staged publicity photos were essential to the process of turning an actor into a star. Considered to be a master of lighting, Lucas’s work was so influential that, in 1996, he became the first photographer to receive and award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

Permanent collections of his work can be found at London’s National Portrait Gallery, The National Media Museum and London’s Photographers’ Gallery. A few examples of Lucas’s work can be found below.

Brigitte Bardot (1955)

David Niven (1955)

Diana Dors (1955)

Lauren Bacall (1958)

Leslie Caron (1964)

Marlene Dietrich (1948)

Mary Ure (1957)

Models on Scaffolding (1977)

Newsreel Cameraman (1952)

Penelope Wilton (1968)

Scenic Artist (1957)

Sir Ben Kingsley (1996)

Susan Travers/Linden Travers (1961)

Artwork of the Day: Small Town D.A.

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Dazzling Erin

By James Meese

Artist Profile: Leo Fuchs (1929 — 2009)

Posted on July 16, 2016 by Dazzling Erin

Born in Vienna, Leo Fuchs immigrated to the United States in 1939 and sold his first picture (of Eleanor Roosevelt) when he was still a teenager. He dropped out of school when he was 14 years old, apprenticed at Globe Photos in New York, and was a professional photographer at the age of 16. After working a Signal Corps cameraman in Germany in the 1950s, Fuchs remained in Europe and was hired as a still photographer for several European film productions. This led to Fuchs being hired by magazines like Look, Life, and Paris Match to photograph the film stars of the day. He was eventually hired by Universal Pictures to serve as a still photographer for several productions. Fuchs eventually moved into film production.

His photographs are some of the best pictures taken of Hollywood in the 50s and 60s. Below are just a few of them.