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Wednesday, September 20, 2006





photograph by
Richard Avedon











Although the name
Alexey Brodovitch may not be
familiar to everyone, in the world of graphic arts it speaks
volumes. Designer, photographer, and interior designer
Brodovitch reigned as art director of Harper's Bazaar from
1934 until 1958. Working with artists such as Man Ray,
Richard Avedon, and Henri Cartier-Bresson, he dramatically
altered American magazine design. The double-page spread
was one of his signature innovations, as was the emphasis
on negative space in layouts.






















Brodovitch (1898-1971) is a legend among graphic designers.
A Russian who fled the Bolshevik Revolution and eventually
settled in Paris and then New York, Brodovitch was one of the
pioneers of graphic design in the twentieth century. As the art
director of Harper's Bazaar for two decades (1934-58) he designed
and produced several exquisite and highly collectable books
with collaborators such as Richard Avedon and André Kertész;
was a talented photographer himself; and, through an informal
class called the Design Lab in New York, trained a younger
generation of photographers and designers who went on to
become famous artists and art directors in their own right.
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