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ARNOLD Eve

Date of birth : April 21, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania).

Date of death : January 4, 2012, London.

Profession : photographer for Magnum agency.

She won several awards to grant her career as a photographer.

Portrait ;

Place of living : London.

Story 

Her parents were Jewish immigrants from Russia; her father, William (Velvet Sklarski) who was a rabbi and her mother Bessie Cohen (Bosya Laschiner) had 9 children.

She began to study photography in 1946 in New York City, then from 1947 to 1948 with Alexei Brodovitch (art
director of Harper's Bazaar) at the New York City's New School for Social Research.
She was the first woman photographer of the Magnum agency in 1951, before becoming a permanent member in 1955.
In the United States, she performed several reporting about women who belonged to the most various backgrounds, and to who she wanted to give a real image, "non retouched". It was in this context that the pictures of Marlene Dietrich and Marilyn Monroe appeared.

In 1952, she attended to the recording of Marlene Dietrich's record at the Columbia Records, New York City, and

took several pictures : ,,

She lived in the United States in the 50's and left to live in England in 1962. She had a son, named Francis.

In 1955 at the Actors Studio   .

Link with Marilyn

On August 6, 1955, Marilyn invited her for a professionnal trip to Bement (Illinois) where she had to attend the

festivities for the Bement centennial ,,- (more
pics here).

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Labor Day Week-end, September 3, 4 and 5, 1955

Miller Place --,-,-,

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Mount Sinai

black and white bathsuit ;,,

leopard bathsuit -,-,

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Long Island

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New York February 9, 1956, she took pictures of Marilyn at the Plaza Hotel, during the press conference given for the announcement of the shooting of "The Prince and the Showgirl"

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In 1959, on the set of "The Best Thing of Everything" with Joan Crawford

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In 1960, she was on the set of "The Misfits" in Reno, Nevada. She was part of the Magnum Agency which had obtained the scoop of the shooting pictures.

Photos du tournage

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Casino ,,,,,,,

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White blouse , (more pics here)

Bathrobe ;,;


Cherry dress , (more pics here)

Denim jacket ,;,;,

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Swim suit -;,

Bed scene ,;,

Red car ;,-

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October 29, 1960 : picture session at the Paramount Photo Studio, Los Angeles

Négligé and boa ,,;-

Négligé ,, (more pics here)

Sheets ,,-;,

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November 1960 : picture session at the Paramount Photo Studio, Los Angeles

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With the team of the picture session ,,-,,

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1960, at the White House

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March 1961, she took pictures of Marilyn, at home, in New York, being hairdressed by hairdresser Kenneth, after

she left the hospital ,,,,.


In 1961 she settled in London.
The following years, she travelled as a photoreporter in former Soviet Union, Afghanistan, Egypt and China.

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In 1962 Marilyn invited her at the Madison Square Garden, for John Kennedy's birthday party; Eve wasn't available, so Isadore Miller replaced her to accompany Marilyn.

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In 1963, on the stage of "Becket", in England

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In 1966, on the set of "The Countess of Hong Kong"

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Angelica Huston, in Ireland, 1967 

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1978 

Dirk Bogard in London 

M.Thatcher and Indira Gandhi, at the Parliament

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In 1979 on the set of "Clash of the Titans", in England

Eve Arnold made her first photo exhibition about her work in China at the Brooklyn Museum in 1980.
The same year she received the National Book Award for her book about China, and the Lifetime Achievment Award from the American Society of Magazine Photographers.

In 1995, she was elected the "Master Photographer" (the most prestigious of the world dinstinctions in photography) by the Royal Photographic Society,which was given to her at the New York's International Center of Photography.

In 1986 she won the Kraszna-Krausz Book Award for her book "In Retrospect".

In 1987, she received the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science from St Andrew University in Scoltland, the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters frome de Staffordshire University, and also the Doctor of Humanities from Richmont, the International American University in London.
The same year she was named member of the Advisory Committe of the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television in Bradford.

In 2003, she was honored with the Order of the British Empire from the British Government.

Bibliography

"The Unretouched Woman" 1976
"Flashback : the 50's" 1978
"In China" 1980
"In America" 1983
"Marilyn for Ever" 1987
"Marilyn Monroe. An Appreciation" 1987
"Private View : Inside Baryshnikov's American Ballet Theatre" 1988
"All in a Day's Work". 1989
"The Great British" 1991
"In Retrospect" 1995
"Magna Brava : Magnum's Women Photographers (with Inge Morath, Susan Meiselas, Martine Franck and Marilyn Silverstone)". November 1999.

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