He used lighting to create these kind of abstract environments for his subjects—in our show, there's a portrait of Maurice Chevalier dancing while holding his hat, but the shadows of him and his arm look like they're almost dancing in these abstract forms. The focus is very much on him and his face, yet it's all constructed in a very modernist environment. Thoroughly Modern Steichen, senior curatorial assistant of Edward Steichen in the 1920s and 1930s: A Recent Acquisition exhibition, Carrie Springer, Interview, Hannah Ghorashi, 12/5/13.

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Edward Steichen was a 19th-century American luxembourgish-american photographer. Edward Jean Steichen was a Luxembourgish American photographer, painter and curator and a pioneer of fashion photography. His gown images for the magazine Art et Décoration in 1911 were the first modern fashion photographs to be published. Read more on Wikipedia →

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