George Hoyningen-Huene

Photography, Fashion, Film

The first publication in almost forty years on the work of George Hoyningen-Huene; the photographer whose images defined an era. A captivating photographic odyssey spanning fashion, Hollywood, and travel.

Baron George Hoyningen-Huene (1900–1968) worked during the golden age of couture fashion and Hollywood cinema. Born in St Petersburg, his wealthy family had to flee their home during the Russian Revolution in1917. Hoyningen-Huene spent time in England before moving to Paris, where he was employed to create photographs for Vogue and Vanity Fair, and rapidly established himself as a visual innovator, fusing elements of neoclassicism and surrealism to create chic, arresting images. In 1935, Huene joined Harper’s Bazaar, where he remained a contributor until 1946, following which he settled in California and embarked on a second career as a color coordinator for Hollywood movies.

Supported by an international exhibition opening at Chanel Nexus Hall in Tokyo, this in-depth and richly illustrated book combines elegant design and production values with rigorous new research and scholarship, and includes previously unpublished work and correspondence. In eight chapters, each supported by texts by writers from the worlds of fashion, cinema, and photography, and featuring names and faces that have defined our view of style, glamor, and grace in the twentieth century, this volume reminds us of Hoyningen-Huene’s position among the greats of photography.

Edited by
Susanna Brown
George Hoyningen-Huene Estate Archives
Text
Lucy Donaldson, Keith Lodwick, Lydia Caston, Mitchell Owens, Damarice Amao, Robin Muir, Alistair O'Neill, Ivan Shaw
Designed
BankerWessel
Format
328 pages, Hardcover
Size
33.5 x 25.5 cm
ISBN
9780500026595
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Reviews

"This book, edited by Susanna Brown, is clever and illuminating, with chapters by different writers devoted to the many and varied stages in Hoyningen-Huene’s life, all the way to a final act as a film colourist consultant in Los Angeles, where he died as a naturalised US citizen in 1968."

Apollo Magazine

"This book is a treat. The pictures alone draw you into the inner workings of a fashion magazine at the height of glamour in 1930s Paris and beyond. The rare ones capture “off-the-record” scenes, such as the designer Coco Chanel kneeling on the floor next to a model, or the model and photographer-to-be Horst P Horst sharing a laugh on a Paris rooftop with his teacher, the fashion and star photographer George Hoyningen-Huene (1900-1968)."

Studio International

"George Hoyningen-Huene's portraits evoke the style and glamour of the 20th century… Hoyningen-Huene's clean compositions, and a mastery of lighting that lent his subjects a sculptural elegance, won attention… In more than 300 glossy pages, the book chronicles bygone moments of the fabled Jazz Age and Hollywood’s golden age."

Air Mail

"Huene was a man of deep experience in the arts and an abiding sense of civilization. He preferred the classical strength of the back to the come-hither of the face, even though he later worked in Hollywood. In “George Hoyningen-Huene,” edited by Susanna Brown, we see how cultured one can be, and how that, too, is a form of collecting."

Wall Street Journal