Background
Elgort was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Sophie (née Didimamoff) and Harry Elgort, a restaurant owner.
(This is Arthur Elgort's first comprehensive book, showing...)
This is Arthur Elgort's first comprehensive book, showing his world-renowned fashion imagery alongside his personal work. The Big Picture spans Elgort's five-decade career and illustrates his longevity as an emulated fashion photographer. His lively and casual shooting style is significantly influenced by a lifelong love of music and dance, particularly jazz and ballet. Elgort's 1971 debut in British Vogue created a sensation in the fashion world where his soon-to-be iconic "snapshot" style and emphasis on movement and natural light transcended norms of fashion photography. Elgort subsequently rose to fame working for such distinguished magazines as American, French and Italian Vogue, Interview, GQ, Life and Rolling Stone and shooting advertising campaigns for fashion labels including Chanel, Valentino and Yves Saint Laurent.
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Elgort was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Sophie (née Didimamoff) and Harry Elgort, a restaurant owner.
Raised in New York City, he attended Stuyvesant High School and Hunter College, where he studied painting.
He is of Russian-Jewish heritage. Elgort began his career working as a photo assistant to Gus Peterson. Elgort"s 1971 debut in British Vogue created a sensation in the Fashion Photography world where his soon-to-be iconic "snapshot" style and emphasis on movement and natural light liberated the idea of fashion photography.
In September 2008, he told Teen Vogue that he credited Mademoiselle for his big break: "They were really brave and gave me a chance.
lieutenant was the first time I was shooting a cover instead of a half-page here or there." He worked for such magazines as International and American Vogue, Glamour, Gentlemen’s Quarterly, Rolling Stone, and Teen Vogue, and shooting advertising campaigns with fashion labels as Chanel, Valentino, and Yves Saint Laurent. He still works for fashion publications, as well as working on his most recent 2009 advertising campaigns with Via Spiga and Liz Claiborne with Isaac Mizrahi.
His work is exhibited in the permanent collections of the International Center of Photography in New York, in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and in the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas. "Arthur Elgort 1970-2010", Staley Wise Gallery.
In 2011, Elgort won the CFDA Board of Directors" Award. Elgort made several films, including Colorado Cowboy that follows legendary cowboy, Bruce Ford, and which won the award for Best Cinematography at the Sundance Film Festival in 1994.
(This is Arthur Elgort's first comprehensive book, showing...)
