Hi Kenneth, thanks for reviewing this Hurrell book. It is one of my favorites, and has a great deal of amazing Hurrell work. He had a tremendous talent and opportunity to photograph some interesting stars.
Hurrell shot with a Celor (Dagor precursor) at extremely small stops. This gave a unique look. He used orthochromatic film. That's why he needed lots of light! View Camera Magazine did a cover story some decades ago on how he got his hard edged and beautiful images. Thanks for the review-İ need this book!
Years ago I used to haunt the hallways at paramount studio and there was a poster size B&W photo of Ingrid Bergman. I don’t know if it was Hurrell’s work, but it was taken in the 30’s and definitely taken in hard light. It was basically a tight semi-profile headshot with two thirds of her face lighted and a third darkish. Her eyes were closed and her head was tilted slightly up. What’s amazing is, because of the hard light you could tell the photo was in no way retouched. Her skin was flawless and you could actually tell it was the surface of her skin with signs of peach fuzz here and there on her youthful visage. The photo was probably a test of some kind and I’m sure she passed with flying colors albeit in B&W.
I love his photography. Simply breathtaking. Does this book have a portrait of Eleanor Parker? She is one of my favorites and I can’t seem to find her portraits in any of these old Hollywood profile books. Would love to have one where she is in it.
A friend gave me this book when she cleared out her library and I will be forever grateful. It's absolutely fascinating. Everyone should read it.
It is so good.
Hi Kenneth, thanks for reviewing this Hurrell book. It is one of my favorites, and has a great deal of amazing Hurrell work. He had a tremendous talent and opportunity to photograph some interesting stars.
He did. And what great lighting!
This book inspires my drawing. I love it.
Wonderfully said. Thank you 😊
Sure! Thanks.
One of my first photo books (Hurrell's Hollywood) that acquired probably 30 years ago now. I still have it, and still enjoy looking at it.
Nice!
Hurrell shot with a Celor (Dagor precursor) at extremely small stops. This gave a unique look. He used orthochromatic film. That's why he needed lots of light! View Camera Magazine did a cover story some decades ago on how he got his hard edged and beautiful images. Thanks for the review-İ need this book!
Good info. Thanks, Gordon. Yes, get it, it's good.
Years ago I used to haunt the hallways at paramount studio and there was a poster size B&W photo of Ingrid Bergman. I don’t know if it was Hurrell’s work, but it was taken in the 30’s and definitely taken in hard light. It was basically a tight semi-profile headshot with two thirds of her face lighted and a third darkish. Her eyes were closed and her head was tilted slightly up. What’s amazing is, because of the hard light you could tell the photo was in no way retouched. Her skin was flawless and you could actually tell it was the surface of her skin with signs of peach fuzz here and there on her youthful visage. The photo was probably a test of some kind and I’m sure she passed with flying colors albeit in B&W.
She was lovely no matter how she was photographed, I'm sure. Thanks for the story.
I love his photography. Simply breathtaking. Does this book have a portrait of Eleanor Parker? She is one of my favorites and I can’t seem to find her portraits in any of these old Hollywood profile books. Would love to have one where she is in it.
I'll look.
Great one Kenneth!
Thanks!
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Yay you. You didn't claim your prize in time so it went to "Second".
You know, holding up pages from a book is not effective.
It's just a look at it. With my schedule, I can't edit in photos of the pages in my videos. You get the idea.