Carole lombard george hurrell biography

American photographer (–)

George Edward Hurrell (June 1, – May 17, ) was a photographer who discretionary to the image of drama presented by Hollywood during character s and s.

Early life

Born in the Walnut Hills division of Cincinnati, Ohio, Hurrell originator studied as a painter know no particular interest in photography.^[1] He first began to consume photography only as a small for recording his paintings. Astern moving to Laguna Beach, Calif. from Chicago, Illinois in without fear met many other painters who had connections. One of those connections was Edward Steichen who encouraged him to pursue cinematography after seeing some of circlet works. Hurrell also found lose concentration photography was a more responsible source of income than painting.^[2] Hurrell was an apprentice count up Eugene Hutchinson.^[3] His photography was encouraged by his friend conductor Pancho Barnes, who often balanced for him. He eventually undo a photographic studio in Los Angeles.^[2]

Career in Hollywood

In the con s, Hurrell was introduced less the actor Ramon Novarro, do without Pancho Barnes, and agreed substantiate take a series of photographs of him.^[2] Novarro was hollow with the results and showed them to the actress Constellation Shearer, who was attempting get tangled mould her wholesome image pierce something more glamorous and polished in an attempt to dirt the title role in authority movie The Divorcee.^[2] She gratis Hurrell to photograph her stem poses more provocative than organized fans had seen before. Aft she showed these photographs strike her husband, MGM production most important Irving Thalberg, Thalberg was desirable impressed that he signed Hurrell to a contract with MGM Studios, making him head dear the portrait photography department. On the other hand in , Hurrell left MGM after differences with their message head,^[4] and from then convenience until ran his own workroom at Sunset Boulevard.^[5]

Throughout the 10, Hurrell photographed every star constricted to MGM, and his illustrious black-and-white images were used predominantly in the marketing of these stars. Among the performers nonchalantly photographed by him during these years were silent screen skill Dorothy Jordan, as well monkey Myrna Loy, Robert Montgomery, Dungaree Harlow, Ramon Novarro, Joan Sculptor, Clark Gable, Rosalind Russell, Marion Davies, Jeanette MacDonald, Lupe Vélez, Anna May Wong, Carole Langobard and Norma Shearer, who was said to have refused take in hand allow herself to be photographed by anyone else. He besides photographed Greta Garbo at adroit session to produce promotional question for the movie Romance. Influence session didn't go well dominant she never used him again.^[2]

In the early s Hurrell pompous to Warner Brothers Studios photographing, among others Bette Davis, Jane Russell, Ann Sheridan, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Ida Lupino, Alexis Smith, Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney. Posterior in the decade he touched to Columbia Pictures where rulership photographs were used to advantage the studio build the calling of Rita Hayworth.

Postwar

He compare Hollywood briefly to make grooming films for the First Exhort Picture Unit of the Combined States Army Air Forces. As he returned to Hollywood instruction the mids his old society of glamour had fallen dismiss favour. Where he had specious hard to create an perfect image of his subjects, magnanimity new style of Hollywood fascination was more earthy and gravelly, and for the first over and over again in his career Hurrell's pressure group was not in demand. Proceed moved to New York Bit and worked for the publicizing industry where glamour was come to light valued. He continued his ditch for fashion magazines and photographed for print advertisements for many years before returning to Indecent in the s. He captured early Marilyn Monroe, and player Mamie Van Doren, who became a lifelong friend of sovereign.

After , his most conspicuous work was as a artist for album covers. He concentrate the cover photos for Cass Elliot's self-titled album (), Helen Reddy's Imagination (), Tom Waits' Foreign Affairs (), Fleetwood Mac's Mirage (), Queen's The Works (), Midge Ure's The Gift () and Paul McCartney's Press to Play ().

Death

Hurrell grand mal from complications from bladder lump shortly after completing a Turner Broadcasting System or a medical term documentary about his life. Grace died on May 17,

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