Epitome of Glamour - The Photography of George Hurrell

Jun 23, 2008 at 12:53 PM
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Jean Harlow photographed by George Hurrell

This is the final week to see Lights! Camera! Glamour!, an exhibit of George Hurrell's photography at the California Heritage Museum.

The name George Hurrell probably doesn't ring a bell, but I'm sure you've seen his work. His work captured the essence of Hollywood glamour of the 1930s. He is credited as the first photographer to use boom lighting to light his subjects. His photos are brilliant paintings of light and shadow. He once said his secret was that he used only one light during his photo shoots. Remarkable, if that's true.

Hurrell was also a master at touching up his negatives to emphasize minute details like eyelashes. Here's a photo of Joan Crawford, followed by a close up of her eyelashes.

Photo by Hurrell signed by Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford eyelashes detail

A photo of a photo can't really do Hurrell's work justice. Make the trip to see his work in person and witness a part of Hollywood's history.

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This is awesome! I'd heard of him, but didn't know about the exhibit! Thanks.

Albert Aguilar replied to Mikey’s comment:
Jun 23, 2009
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this is very strange.... earlier I was with a new friend of mine and he happen to mention that my photographs look very much like Hurrells work. I took them to heart. So I found this site and you had made a comment on the same day one year apart and almost an hour difference as I had.

very strange...

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