Lights! Camera! Glamour! The Photography of George Hurrell
By Ryan • Dec 31st, 2007 • Category: News for Creatives (archives), Photography“SANTA MONICA, CA.-The California Heritage Museum is pleased to present “Lights! Camera Glamour! The Photography of George Hurrell”. As studio photographer for MGM, Warner Brothers and Columbia, Hurrell shot some of the world’s most beautiful and intriguing personalities, creating the template for the Hollywood glamour portrait. The exhibition follows his career from his arrival in Southern California as a promising young painter to his acclaim as the foremost glamour photographer of his time.
In addition to more than fifty iconic portraits, “Lights! Camera! Glamour!” features a room of nude portraits, never before seen in a museum context; a recreation of Hurrell’s studio with his camera, screen and the original boom light; a section devoted to his commercial work for magazines and record covers; and a screening area that will show the documentary film, narrated by Sharon Stone, made shortly before Hurrell’s death in 1992.
The exhibition is drawn from the Pancho Barnes Trust Estate Archive and the Estate of George Hurrell, and is curated by Dr. Louis D’Elia and the staff of the California Heritage Museum. A series of films featuring the movies stars Hurrell immortalized will be shown at Santa Monica Public Library along with a program of lectures. A catalogue with an essay by Virginia Postrel author of “The Substance of Style” accompanies the exhibition.”
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