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Greta Garbo
Creator
Arnold GentheAmerican Photographer · 1869–1942
All works by this person →> I was determined to show people a new kind of photography: there would be no stilted poses; as a matter of fact, no poses at all. I would try to take my sitters unawares, at a moment when they would not realize that the camera was ready. I would show them prints in which a uniform sharpness would be avoided and emphasis laid on portraying a person's character instead of making a commonplace reco
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- about 1925
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 748d79d0-9882-4e69-bbe7-1b19726e07f2
Portrait of Greta Garbo in profile, extending her neck and tilting her head backward.
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