Arthur Elgort
{{short description|American fashion photographer (born 1940)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|06|8}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
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| alma_mater = Hunter College
| occupation = Fashion Photographer
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| awards = CFDA Board of Directors Award 2011
Sundance Film Festival 1994 – Best Cinematography
| spouse = Grethe Barrett Holby
| children = 3, including Ansel Elgort
| website = {{URL|arthurelgort.com}}
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Arthur Elgort (born June 8, 1940) is an American fashion photographer best known for his work with Vogue magazine.
Early life and education
Elgort was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to Sophie (née Didimamoff) and Harry Elgort (April 10, 1908 – October 23, 1998), a restaurant owner.{{cite book| last= White|first=Minor|title=Aperture|publisher=Aperture Foundation| year=1991| isbn=9780893814618|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a6pMAAAAYAAJ&q=Arthur+Elgort+Brooklyn+born|accessdate=May 10, 2013}}{{cite interview | first = Ansel| last= Elgort| url= http://divergentsociety.net/divergentmovie/ansel-elgorts-live-stream/ | title = Ansel Elgort Live Stream | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20170719121328/http://divergentsociety.net/divergentmovie/ansel-elgorts-live-stream/ |archivedate=2017-07-19 | website = divergentsociety.net| date=| at= 22:05| accessdate= }} He is of Russian-Jewish heritage.{{cite news|title=Birth Notice 1 -- No Title|work=The New York Times|year=1940|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1940/06/16/archives/birth-notice-1-no-title.html|accessdate=May 10, 2013}} Raised in New York City, he attended Stuyvesant High School and Hunter College, where he studied painting.{{cite book|title=Advertising Techniques|publisher=ADA Publishing Co.|year=1972|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L9tUAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Arthur.+Elgort:+The.+Classic.+Snap-Shooter.%22| accessdate=May 10, 2013}}
Career
Elgort began his career working as a photo assistant to Gosta "Gus" Peterson.{{cite book| title= Camera| publisher=International Federation of Photographic Art| year= 1974| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=z6YaAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Arthur+Elgort%22+Gus+Peterson|accessdate=May 10, 2013 | via= Google Books}} Elgort's 1971 debut in British Vogue created a sensation in the Fashion Photography world where his soon-to-be iconic "snapshot" style and emphasis on movement and natural light liberated the idea of fashion photography. In September 2008, he told Teen Vogue that he credited Mademoiselle for his big break: "They were really brave and gave me a chance. It was the first time I was shooting a cover instead of a half-page here or there." {{Citation needed| date=December 2012}}
He worked for such magazines as Vogue and International Vogue, Glamour, GQ, Rolling Stone, and Teen Vogue, and shooting advertising campaigns with fashion labels as Chanel, Valentino, and Yves Saint Laurent. He continued to work for fashion publications, as well as working on 2009 advertising campaigns with Via Spiga and Liz Claiborne with Isaac Mizrahi.[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/business/worldbusiness/12iht-adco.1.20136466.html Profile], nytimes.com, February 12, 2009; accessed October 17, 2014. His work is exhibited in the permanent collections of the International Center of Photography in New York, in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and in the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas. {{citation needed|date=October 2014}}
In 2011, Elgort won the CFDA Board of Directors' Award.{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/06/03/arthur-elgorts-casual-magic-renowned-fashion-photographer-wins-cfda-board-award.html| title=Arthur Elgort's Casual Magic: Renowned Fashion Photographer Wins CFDA Board Award| date=June 2, 2011|publisher= | work= The Daily Beast |first= Robin| last= Givhan|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912082812/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/06/03/arthur-elgorts-casual-magic-renowned-fashion-photographer-wins-cfda-board-award.html|url-status=live| archivedate= 2012-09-12}}{{cite news | title = Photographer Arthur Elgort To Be Given the CFDA Board of Directors Award Tonight | url= https://www.vogue.com/article/photographer-arthur-elgort-to-be-given-the-cfda-board-of-directors-award | work = Vogue | date=June 6, 2011}}{{cite news | title = Lady Gaga to Receive CFDA's Fashion Icon Award | url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lady-gaga-receive-cfdas-fashion-168834 | work = The Hollywood Reporter | date=March 17, 2011 }}
Personal life
Elgort resides in New York City with his wife, Grethe Barrett Holby, who is a producer, stage director, choreographer, and dramaturge. They have a daughter and two sons, one of whom is actor and singer Ansel Elgort.{{cite news| last=Markey|first=Judy|title=This Picture Is Worth A Thousand Puzzles| publisher= | work= Chicago Sun-Times |date=December 15, 1994| url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB421F8A8885CD5&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | via= newsban.com |accessdate=May 10, 2013}}
Elgort's nephew is stand-up comedian Sam Morril.{{Cite web |date=16 April 2020 |title=Episode 1115 - Sam Morril |url=http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-1115-sam-morril |access-date=2020-09-03 |website=WTF with Marc Maron Podcast |language=en-US}}
Books
- {{cite book|title=Personal Fashion Picture|oclc=17282579|year=1983|page=109}}
- {{cite book|title=Arthur Elgort's models manual|year=c. 1993|publisher=Grand Street Press|isbn=0963923609 |pages=384}} Photographs of several super models like Christy Turlington, Paulina Porizkova, and Linda Evangelista
- {{cite book|title=Camera Ready: how to shoot your kids|year=1997|isbn=0789301032|publisher=St Martins Press|pages=208}}
- {{cite book|title=Camera Crazy|year=2004|publisher=Steidl|isbn=3865210279}}
Films
Elgort made several films, including Colorado Cowboy that follows legendary cowboy, Bruce Ford, and which won the award for Best Cinematography at the Sundance Film Festival in 1994.{{cite web|url=http://history.sundance.org/events/29|title=1994 Sundance Film Festival|publisher=Sundance Institute|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107141248/http://history.sundance.org/events/29|url-status=dead|archivedate=2012-11-07|access-date=2012-12-24}}
Exhibits
- "Arthur Elgort 1970-2010", Staley Wise Gallery{{cite web|url=http://www.staleywise.com/collection/arthur_elgort/arthur_elgort.html|title=Arthor Elgort 1970-2010|publisher=Staley Wise Gallery|accessdate=2012-12-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305113005/http://www.staleywise.com/collection/arthur_elgort/arthur_elgort.html|archive-date=2018-03-05|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
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- [http://www.artnet.com/artist/5751/arthur-elgort.html Arthur Elgort] at ArtNet
- [http://www.teenvogue.com/search/query?queryType=nonparsed&query=arthur+elgort Arthur Elgort archive] at Teen Vogue.com {{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Category:American people of Russian-Jewish descent
Category:American Ashkenazi Jews
Category:American fashion photographers
Category:Hunter College alumni
Category:Jewish American artists
Category:Photographers from Brooklyn
Category:Photographers from New York (state)