[Rita Hayworth]

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[Rita Hayworth]

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George Hoyningen-Huene

American Photographer · 1900–1968

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Born amidst wealth in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to a Russian father and American mother, George Hoyningen-Huene led a privileged childhood, exposed to painting and ballet at an early age. Upon encountering Michelangelo's work while on holiday in Rome, he returned home eager to enroll in art school. By 1914, however, war had broken out, and his family fled to England. After the war the family settl

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Date: 1941
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Culture: American
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

This photograph epitomizes Rita Hayworth's glamour at what would prove to be the pinnacle of her career, the 1946 film *Gilda.* Louise Dahl-Wolfe said that she posed her models so they would appear relaxed. Here the result was surprisingly similar to conventional movie studio portraiture, except for the indirect lighting on the actress's face and the minimal retouching. Dahl-Wolfe probably made this portrait on assignment for *Harper's Bazaar,* her principal employer from 1936 to 1958.

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