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From its beginnings in traditional portraiture to the daring and avant-garde looks of today's photographers, glamour photography has evolved to reflect both cultural shifts and technological breakthroughs.
Sep 23, 2015 · To understand them both a little better, and see how we arrived at where we are today, we’ve compiled a look back at some of the most important moments in the history of fashion photography...
Jun 5, 2015 · Although the concept of glamour had been part of Western culture since the 18th century, the term as applied to Hollywood came about in the 1930s to describe a style of photograph that captured the otherworldly beauty embodied by film stars.
Throughout, I will argue that the idea of glamour was undergoing an important change, from a narrower conception of glamour as the characteristic of a type to a broader conception of glamour as a new, hard-edged visual style.
The desire to embrace glamour and femininity after years of wartime austerity found its most extreme expression in Christian Dior's New Look, launched in 1947, with its nipped-in waists and extravagantly full skirts.
May 30, 2017 · The glamour image conveyed a stars’ emotional authenticity or integrity, but its conspicuous and careful construction simultaneously suggested inauthenticity or even deception or trickery.
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Jun 9, 2015 · The glamour shot went out of fashion in 1960 with the release of Federico Fellini’s Italian classic La Dolce Vita. Glamour was replaced with the rise of the paparazzi and candid photos of the stars.
