Edward Steichen

Thank you for this draft, Meg. You have framed the focus of this paper well and covered a large amount of detail within the word count. The issue with this however is that there is have not included enough discussion in some eras. I recommend removing the text in red below and including some of it within the other paragraphs. This will allow you to add more specific analysis to some of the photographs mentioned.

Include an image from each era – whatever you feel encapsulates the ideas best. Add artist, title and date detail to these.
Overall it’s looking quite strong! It just needs some tidying up and more analysis included. Thanks for getting this to me so early.

Beauty photography is designed to capture the real essence of a person and
Edward Steichen and American photographer helped to shape and revolutionised beauty photograph during this time as well . In 1911 Steichen was dared by a fellow photographer to promote beauty photograph as a fine art. He took photo graphs of many models in luxurious gowns with only very simple lighting and make up because of the time period they did not have the great equipment that we have today. This photoshoot however is considered to be the first ever modern beauty photography photo shoot. Steichen conveyed the physical qualities of the models for the first time in this shoot as well as formal appearance opposed to simply illustrating the object within the image. With the help of Vogue magazine also helped to transform the genre into an outstanding art form but also had the rivalry of another magazine; Harpers. In 1936 Martin Munkacsi took the reins and created another first for the world of beauty photography. Munkacsi created the first photographs of models in sporty poses at the beach and so the new style was introduced into the magazines. Both of these photographers; Steichen and Munkacsi shaped the look of fashion photography for the decades to