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Art Kane (1925 - 1995) was one of the most influential photographers of the twentieth century. A bold visionary, Kane’s work encompassed fashion, editorial, celebrity portraiture, travel, and nudes with a relentless and innovative eye. Like his contemporaries, Guy Bourdin (1928 - 1991) and Helmut Newton (1924 - 2004), Kane gravitated toward strong color, eroticism and surreal humor.

 

Of that handful of elite post - WWII photographers, Art Kane was the wild child: unflinching, uncompromising and unsentimental. A pioneer of numerous concepts in modern photography, Kane was only interested in what could happen next, how to evolve, to change, to do it better, and to accept nothing less than brilliance.

 

After graduating from Cooper Union with honors in 1950 Kane designed page layouts at Esquire and at age 27 was named art director at Seventeen, the youngest art director of a major magazine in New York City. In 1956 he studied with Alexey Brodovitch at The New School, where other students included Richard Avedon, Irving Penn and Diane Arbus. As a disciple of Brodovitch’s Art Kane learned to worship the unknown.

 

Thirty years before Photoshop and digital imaging, equipped only with a light table and a loupe, Kane invented the ‘sandwich’ image; two, four, and more transparencies layered, inverted, reversed, book-matched, painstakingly aligned, and taped together at the edges. In perfecting this technique, Kane pioneered photographic storytelling by investing his images with metaphor and poetry, effectively turning photography into illustration.

 

In 1958, Kane assembled the greatest legends in jazz and shot what became one of his most famous images, Harlem 1958. In the 1960s and 1970s, he photographed, among others, the Rolling Stones, the Who, Janis Joplin, the Doors, Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan.

 

While the battle for civil rights and the Vietnam War raged, Kane was refining a conscientious response to the period with his editorial work, accessible and populist in its ability to communicate to a large audience.

 

Kane also contributed to the major fashion magazines of his era, including US, United Kingdom and European editions as well as creating startling ad campaigns for the fashion and beauty industry.

 

In his lifetime Kane was honored by almost every photo-design organization in the United States: American Society of Magazine Photographers, Photographer of the Year, Newspaper Guild of America, Page One Award, Augustus Saint-Gaudens Medal for Distinguished Achievement, Cooper-Union, New York Art Directors Club, (14) Medals and (28) Awards of Distinctive Merit. In 1984 Kane was given the American Society of Magazine Photographers Lifetime Achievement Award and awards from the AlGA, Society of Typographic Arts and Communication Arts Magazine and awards from Philadelphia, San Francisco, Chicago and Detroit art directors clubs.

 

Art Kane’s contributions to the medium of photography continue to resonate throughout the industry today. His work remains unmatched.

 

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Vogue Italia January 1984

"Millano Prêt-à-Porter: Trendenze Individuali - Mode a Modo Loro"

Models: Claire Atkinson & Jen Yarrow

Photographer: Art Kane

Hair: Max Pinnell

Makeup: Pierre Laroche

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US Harper's Bazaar January 1985
"Sunset Stars"

Models: Renée Simonsen & Jacki Adams
Photographer: Art Kane

Hair: Akira Mitani

Makeup: Jane Pittman
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US Harper's Bazaar February 1985
"Keep Your Eye On... The Lauren Look for Spring"

Models: Renée Simonsen & Jacki Adams
Photographer: Art Kane

Hair: Akira Mitani

Makeup: Jane Pittman

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US Harper's Bazaar March 1985
"The Hot Accessory: Graphics and Glitz"

Model: Talisa Soto?
Photographer: Art Kane

Hair: Terry Foster

Makeup: Linda Mason

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US Harper's Bazaar April 1985
"Intimate Relationships"

Models: Kirsten Allen & Unknown
Photographer: Art Kane

Hair: Terry Foster

Makeup: Alan Forbes

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US Harper's Bazaar June 1985
"Keep Your Eye On.. Summer Movies - Flash & Cash"

Models/Subjects: Jane Seymour, Julie Nixon, Terri Garr, Alexandra de Paul, Rae Dawn Chong & Grace Jones
Photographers: Mike Reinhardt, Wayne Maser, Art Kane & David Bailey
Hair: Bob Fink, Teddy Antolin, Terry Foster & Rene Gelston

Makeup: Rumiko Hirose, LeAnn Nealz, Jane Pittman & Fran Cooper

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US Harper's Bazaar September 1985
"Sensational Short-Order Furs"

Models: Unknown
Photographer: Art Kane

Hair & Makeup: David Leonard

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US Harper's Bazaar October 1985
"Passion/Power: The Hot Stars"

Models/Subjects: Sonia Braga & Kate Nelligan
Photographers: Art Kane & Marco Glaviano

Hair: Gad Cohen & Stéphane Lempire

Makeup: Sandy Linter & Sophie Levy

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US Harper's Bazaar November 1985

"Single and Sharp"

Models: Janet Jones, Renée Simonsen, Whitney Houston, Brigitte Nielsen, Rosanna Arquette & Sean Young
Photographers: Matthew Rolston, Francesco Scavullo, Art Kane, Mike Reinhardt, Marco Glaviano & Constance Hansen

Hair: Howard Fugler, Michael Weeks, Gad Cohen, Ric Pipino & John Sahag

Makeup: Gary Berkowitz, Fran Cooper, Sophie Levy, Jo Strettell & Linda Mason

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US Harper's Bazaar November 1985
"Made-to-Be-Seen Lingerie: The Latest After-Dark Looks"

Models: Leticia Lucas & Unknown
Photographer: Art Kane

Hair: Gad Cohen

Makeup: Linda Mason

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US Harper's Bazaar December 1985
"Keep Your Eye On... Movies"

Models: Elizabeth Harnois, Tom Hanks, Michael Douglas & Iman Abdulmajid
Photographers: Matthew Rolston, Art Kane, Patrick Demarchelier & Francesco Scavullo

Hair: Angelika Schubert & Michael Weeks

Makeup: Rex

Grooming: Jane Pittman & François

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US Harper's Bazaar February 1986
"Rising Young Stars: Class Acts"

Models: Carrie Nygren, Glynis Barber, Merete van Kamp, Virginia Madsen, Kim Delaney, Julianne Phillips & Maria Conchita Alonso
Photographers: Marco Glaviano, Tony McGee, Matthew Rolston, Art Kane, Mike Reinhardt, Francesco Scavullo & Jacques Malignon

Hair: Stéphane Lempire, John Frieda, Alfonso Noe, Daniel Philips, Howard Fugler & Stephen Knoll

Makeup: Linda Cantello, Daniel Sandler, Gary Berkowitz, Margret Avery, Ed Stroud & Sandy Linter

Manicure: Roseann Singleton

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US Harper's Bazaar March 1986
"Wearable Art"

Models/Subjects: Nick Rhodes & Julie Anne Friedman Rhodes
Photographer: Art Kane

Hair: Daniel Cohen

Makeup: Wendy Whitelaw

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US Harper's Bazaar May 1986
"Keep Your Eye On... Young Designers: The New Influentials"

Models: Unknowns
Photographer: Art Kane
Hair: David Kinigson

Makeup: Jane Pittman

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US Harper's Bazaar August 1986
"Does Your Face Need a Lift?"

Model: Unknown
Photographer: Art Kane

Hair: Raymond Camacho

Makeup: Linda Mason

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US Harper's Bazaar October 1986
"Wrinkle-Free Eyes"

Models: Unknown & Lauren Helm
Photographers: Art Kane

Makeup: Linda Cantello

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US Harper's Bazaar November 1986
"New Bold Golds"

Model/Subject: Charlotte Lewis
Photographer: Art Kane

Hair: John Sahag

Makeup: Linda Mason

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US Harper's Bazaar December 1986
"Fashion's New Beat"

Models/Subjects: Gabrielle Lazure, Helen Slater, Charlotte Rampling & Virginia Madsen
Photographers: Dick Ballarian, Art Kane & Mike Reinhardt

Hair: Massato, Barbara Farman, Charlie & Peter Savic

Makeup: Catherine Foliot, Barbara Farman & Alfonso Noe

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