1999
One of the world’s most frequently imitated photographers, Arthur Elgort is a tireless innovator known for his lively “snapshot” style. He has freelanced for a range of top-tier magazines and luxury brands, and is credited with introducing movement and an emphasis on the wonders of natural light to the realm of fashion photography.
Born in 1940 in New York City, Elgort attended Stuyvesant High School and later studied painting at Hunter College before turning to photography. “I started as a painter, but I was a bad copy of Franz Kline,” explained Elgort in an interview with the New York Times. “I couldn’t draw. But I thought, ‘If I had a camera, I could capture something.’ So, I became a photographer.”
Elgort’s career began as a photo assistant to Swedish fashion photographer Gösta Peterson. He shot his first cover photo for Mademoiselle magazine. However, a series of groundbreakingly candid black and white photos Elgort took of a model playing with a dog for British Vogue in 1971 cemented his status as a star in fashion photography.
Elgort’s relaxed technique, which sees him capturing breezy images of models in what appear to be candid moments, was a refreshing and welcome change to the stiff and staged studio shoots that were characteristic of fashion photography during the 1970s and 1980s. As a result, Elgort has taken some of the fashion industry’s most iconic portraits, particularly of supermodels Cindy Crawford, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Claudia Schiffer and Christy Turlington.
For decades, Elgort has worked as a photographer at Vogue, and his striking black and white and color photos have also graced the pages of Rolling Stone, GQ and Glamour.
Elgort’s works are featured in galleries and museums around the world, including the International Center of Photography in New York City, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
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Karen Elson, Vogue Magazine, Fine Art Photography
By Arthur Elgort
Located in Vienna, AT
Karen Elson, Vogue Magazine by Arthur Elgort. All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request. All prints are done and signed by the artist....
Archival Pigment
Kristen McMenamy, Mammoth Lake, Vogue Magazine, Fine Art Photography
By Arthur Elgort
Located in Vienna, AT
Kate Moss, Vogue Italia by Arthur Elgort. All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request. All prints are done and signed by the artist. T...
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Kristen McMenamy, Vogue Magazine, Fine Art Photography, 1995
By Arthur Elgort
Located in Vienna, AT
Kristen McMenamy, Vogue Magazine by Arthur Elgort. All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request. All prints are done and signed by the ar...
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Shaun Casey, Harper´s Bazaar Italy, Fine Art Photography, 1978
By Arthur Elgort
Located in Vienna, AT
Shaun Casey twirling in a Gown for Italy´s Harper´s Bazaar, photographed by Arthur Elgort in 1978. All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on re...
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Honor Frasier and Arthur Elgort in British Vogue, Fine Art Photography, 1996
By Arthur Elgort
Located in Vienna, AT
Honor Frasier and Arthur Elgort Scotland, British Vogue by Arthur Elgort. All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request. All prints are do...
Archival Pigment
Jeny Howorth, Watermill, NY for Pelle Magazine - Fine Art Photography 1987
By Arthur Elgort
Located in Vienna, AT
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request. All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certifica...
Archival Pigment
Nadja Auermann Crossing Park Ave., VOGUE
By Arthur Elgort
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
Silver Gelatin
Heidi, Kitzbuhel, 2003
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
Photographic Paper
Crossing Snow Field, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a line of sleighs crossing a snow field at St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963. This is...
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Slim Aarons, Crossing Snow Field
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A line of sleighs crossing a snow field at St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963. Slim Aarons Crossing Snow Field, 1963 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certif...
C Print
Slim Aarons, Crossing Snow Field
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Crossing Snow Field, 1963 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity A line of sleighs cros...
C Print
Crossing Snow Field, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a line of sleighs crossing a snow field at St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963. This is...
Lambda
