Bassman was born in 1917 into an immigrant family of free-thinking intellectuals, and was brought up with a mindset that allowed her to live as an independent and unconventional woman. She worked as a textile designer and fashion illustrator before ...ultimately becoming a photographer. Her fashion images are unique, and achieve their effect through manipulation in the dark room. Appearing in Harper's Bazaar from the 1940s to the 1960s, her work was categorized by their elegance and grace. Bassman had transformed these photographs into original works of art through her darkroom techniques in which she blurs and bleaches the images, investing them with poetry, mystery, and glamour. (http://staleywise.com/collection/bassman/bassman_exhibition.html) Lillian Bassman (June 15, 1917- Feb. 13, 2012), an American photographer and painter. ....By the 1970s Bassman’s interest in pure form in her fashion photography was out of vogue. She turned to her own photo projects and abandoned fashion photography. In doing so she tossed out 40 years of negatives and prints - her life’s work. A forgotten bag filled with hundreds of images was discovered over 20 years later. Bassman’s fashion photo... ...She worked with digital technology and abstract color photography into her 90s to create a new series of work. She used Photoshop for her image manipulation. The most notable qualities about her photographic work are the high contrasts between light and dark, the graininess of the finished photos, and the geometric placement and camera angles of the subjects. Bassman became one of the last great woman photographers in the world of fashion. Bassman died on February 13, 2012, at 94. She first met her future husband, photographer Paul Himmel (b. 1914), at Coney Island at age 6. They met again at 13, and started living together when she was 15. They were married in 1935, and had 2 children. Himmel died in 2009 after 73 years of marriage. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Bassman) undefined

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