Who started this style?

[MFstooges]

Of the harsh shadow shots.
Or should I say the editor who thought this worth $$$$

 

[Pieter12]

Of the harsh shadow shots.
Or should I say the editor who thought this worth $$$$

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They style has been around a long time. And editorial photography pays little compared to advertising work.

 

[loccdor]

Like many things pictorial I would expect its deepest origin to actually be in painting.

 

[miha]

Is it really considered a style?

 

[warden]

Of the harsh shadow shots.
Or should I say the editor who thought this worth $$$$

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how did they convince her outstretched leg to cast no shadow?

 

[MFstooges]

They style has been around a long time. And editorial photography pays little compared to advertising work.

I know it's not new hence my question of who started it in fashion industry

how did they convince her outstretched leg to cast no shadow?

Same angle as the light source I guess

 

[Pieter12]

I know it's not new hence my question of who started it in fashion industry

Man Ray? Horst?

 

[MFstooges]

Man Ray? Horst?
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It wasn't Helmut Newton? So it is way older?

 

[Pieter12]

It wasn't Helmut Newton? So it is way older?

Man Ray 1870-1976
Horst P. Horst 1906-1999
Helmut Newton 1920-2004

I think that would make Man Ray's work the earliest of the 3. His shot of Elsa Schiaparelli dates from 1931, Mr Newton would have been 11 years old.

 

[Sirius Glass]

how did they convince her outstretched leg to cast no shadow?

A light was positioned to keep the leg shadow from being seen? Interested readers want to know!

 

[Pieter12]

The radiator barely casts a shadow, is close to the wall, while her head/hair/body & knee plus the lion's head have elongated shadows. I think the secondary light throwing those shadows is lined up with her leg. Probably some retouching too. Actually, probably a lot of retouching overall.

 

[RalphLambrecht]

Of the harsh shadow shots.
Or should I say the editor who thought this worth $$$$

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I didn't know this was a style. I thought it was a mistake.

 

[cliveh]

Caravaggio

 

[Pieter12]

Caravaggio

I hope that was humor, not ignorance. Carravaggio is known for chiaroscuro, or deep shadows and hightlights, not cast shadows. The model is evenly lit, no chiaroscuro happening there.

 

[Don_ih]

ignorance

no "cast shadows" there....
Try to be less ... arrogant? That's a polite word.

 

[Pieter12]

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no "cast shadows" there....
Try to be less ... arrogant? That's a polite word.

You managed to dig up what might be one of the few if not only instance from Caravaggio. But he certainly wasn’t the first. Robert Campin from a century earlier for example.

 

[koraks]

Guys, if you must kill, do it with kindness, please.