“You’re using a Rollei? Did God put your eyes on your stomach? And a flashlight? It’s an arbitrary interference! And color? I would only use color if I had my own palette, but I certainly wouldn’t rely on Kodak’s!”<\/I><\/p>\n
The year is 1950, the city is the center of the western world – Paris – and a very young Italian photographer named Frank Horvat (1928-2020) had just received this tongue lashing at a weekly critique session. The lashing came from none other than Henri Cartier-Bresson.<\/p>\n
Suffice it to say that Horvat traded in his Rollei for a used Leica and went on to become one of the mainstays of fashion photography in the last great decades of haute couture<\/I>, the 1950s and 1960s.<\/p>\n
Like the Englishmen Duffy, Donovan, Bailey<\/a> and Armstrong-Jones<\/a>, Horvat ditched the large format negative swapping it for the much grainier one from a Leica or Nikon and took the model out of the studio and into the streets. Lots of fun. Luxuriate in the host of images contained in the book’s 250+ pages, Horvat’s work filled with wit and whimsy.<\/p>\n Wit and class. You can view my library of photography and art books by clicking here. “You’re using a Rollei? Did God put your eyes on your stomach? And a flashlight? It’s an arbitrary interference! And color? I would only use color if I had my own palette, but I certainly wouldn’t rely on Kodak’s!” … Continue reading Frank Horvat<\/span> ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/Horvat.jpg\")
\nParis, 1958. Givenchy dress.<\/I><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"