My Journey ends here...
ARNOLD Eve
Date of birth : April 21, 1912, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date of death : January 4, 2012, London.
Practise: photographer for Magnum Agency.
She won several awards to grant her career as a photographer.
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Place of living
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Her parents were immigrants from Russia.
She began to study photography in 1946 in µNew York City, then from 1947 to 1948 with Alexei Brodovitch (artdirector 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 pictitres of Marlene Dietrich andMarilyn 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 :
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In 955, at the Actors
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Link with Marilyn
On August 6, 1955 :
Marilyn invited her for a professionnal trip to Bement (Illinois) where
she had to inaugurate a museum dedicated to Abraham Lincoln.
Chicago Airport
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Arriving at Bement :
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At the primitive art exhibition :
At the Lincoln Museum :
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Break during the merry-making :
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in an armchair
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Portrait
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Various places :
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Departure from Bement:
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Dress
Labour Day Week-end, September 3, 4 and 5, 1955 :
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black and white bathsuit :
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"leopard" bathsuit :
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New York City,, February 9, 1956 : she took pictures of Marilyn at the Plaza Hotel, during the press conference given for the announcement of the shootng of "The Prince and The Showgirl"
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In 1959, during the shooting of "The Best of Everything" in Hollywood, with Joan Crawford :
1960 : she attended to the shooting of "The Misfits" in Reno, Nevada. Eve Arnold belonged to the Magnum Agency which had obtained the scoop of the shooting pictures.
Pictures of the shooting
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Casino :
with John Huston:
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White blouse :
with Arthur Miller
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with Clark Gable
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with the crew
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with John Huston
with Montgomery Clift
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with Paula Strasberg
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with Whitey Snyder
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Dressing-gown :
with Arthur Miller
with Clark Gable
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Cherry dress :
with Arthur Miller
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with Clark Gable
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with Eli Wallach
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with Evelyn Moriarty
with people from Reno
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with Montgomery Clift
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with Nancy Taylor
with Paula Strasberg
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with Ralph Roberts
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alone
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Denim jacket :
with the crew
wiyh Montgomery Clift
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White blouse :
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Bathsuit:
with Clark Gable
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Cherry dress :
with Arthur Miller
with Montgomery Clift
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Bed scene :
with Clark Gable
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Denim jacket :
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Red car :
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October 29, 1960 : picture session in Los Angeles.
Bathsuit :
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With a négligé :
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black rustle
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on the cushions
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on the cushions
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Sheets
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With the crew of the session :
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In 1961, she went to London where she settled down. During the following years, she travelled as a photoreporter in the former Soviet Union, in Afghanistan, Egypt and China.
She took pictures of Marilyn, at her home, being combed by the haitrdresser Kenneth in March 1961, after she had left the hospital :
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In 1962, Marilyn invited her at the Madison Square Garden for the John Kennedy birthday party; Eve, not available this night, was replaced by Isadore Miller .
In 1963, on the stage of "Becket" in England :
In 1968, on the shooting of "The Countess of Hong Kong" :
In 1979, on the shooting of "Clash of the Titans", in England :
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 ». Photographs and text by Eve Arnold. Borzoi Book.1987
« Private View: Inside Baryshnikov's American Ballet Theatre » 1988
« All in a Day's Work ». Photographs by Eve Arnold - 1989
« The Great British » 1991
« In Retrospect » 1995
« Magna Brava: Magnum's Women Photographers (avec Inge Morath, Susan Meiselas, Martine Franck et Marilyn Silverstone) ». November 1999
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