Edward Steichen

American Master of Photography. He was a man who wore many hats throughout his career. First, a painter who's work already caught the eye of Stieglitz, they began to work closely together. Steichen experimented with color photography, then jumped over to fashion photography by 1911. In time, he became a pioneer for pictorial fashion while working for magazines like Vogue. When WW2 started, he was asked by the US Navy to be the director of the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit. After the war, he became a longtime curator for MoMA, producing many successful exhibitions like The Family of Man. He was able to retire later in life as one of the most influencial photographers of his time. 1879-1973

Gloria Swanson, behind a curtain of lace, as the first feature-length “talkies” were emerging. February 1928

W. C. Fields, a fixture in early soundstage comedies, surrounded by assorted props in his role as the “chief comedian” of the Ziegfeld Follies. July 1925

Gary Cooper, photographed at age 29, represented “the epitome of cinema sex appeal”—so Vanity Fair gushed. February 1930

Actress Greta Garbo in her definitive five-minute sitting for Steichen on the set of A Woman of Affairs in 1928

Winston Churchill, photographed eight years before becoming prime minister of the United Kingdom. April 1932

Six years after this portrait was made, aviator Amelia Earhart—the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic—would disappear over the Pacific during an attempted circumnavigation of the globe. November 1931

Walt Disney seated with twin iterations of his most famous creation: Mickey Mouse. October 1933

Charlie Chaplin—the actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and century’s most influential comedian—with hat and cane. October 1926

Mary Heberden in 1935, published in Vogue

Models Mary Taylor and Anne Whitehead pose with a mirrored stairway designed by Diego Suarez, published in Vogue, January 1934

Actor Anna May Wong in 1930, from Vanity Fair

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