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George
Hoyningen-Huene born in Str.
Petersburg 1900,Baron George Hoyningen-Huene became one of the
great exponents of fashion photography of the 20s and 30s. Fleeing from the
Russian Revolution, he moved first to London and then in 1920 to Paris where he
made several contacts with the local art scene. He began to work as a fashion
draftsman, publishing his work in Harper's Bazaar and Fairchild's
Magazine. By 1925, he had become the chief photographer for French Vogue.
In 1935, he moved to New York and began working almost exclusively for Harper's
Bazaar. In 1943, he published two picture books, Hellas and Egypt, and soon
thereafter moved to Hollywood where he became active in the motion picture
industry photographing celebrities.