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Today is the birthday of fashion model, photographer and photo journalist Elizabeth ”Lee” Miller (1907-1977) @leemillerarchives .
Lee was one of Hoyningen-Huene’s favorite models and later a distinguished photograper. For an account of her extraordinary life, see the biography by her son Anthony Penrose; The lives of Lee Miller.
Lee Miller, coiffure by Callon. Photograph by George Hoyningen-Huene in 1930.
Today is the birthday of Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977). Charlie Chaplin was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer. This portrait was taken by George Hoyningen-Huene in 1932.
Today is the birthday of the wonderful actress Joan Crawford, born Lucille Fay LeSueur (1904-1977). She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1945.
This photograph was taken by George Hoyningen-Huene in 1940.
A. E. Sudan Male Nude, photographed by George Hoyningen-Huene in the 1930’s.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Olga Spessivtseva and Serge Lifar in Bacchus and Ariadne, Paris, 1931. Photographed by George Hoyningen-Huene.
Actress Colette Salomon in a Bugatti T35.
”The Modern Woman” or ”La Femme Moderne” as reflected in George Hoyningen-Huene’s work for Vogue, 1927.