Eve Arnold - Photographer

Eve Arnold's camera captured the gold beaded skullcap, glossed lips and lacquerred nails of a model backstage at a Lanvin show in 1977. Arnold rarely used studios; relying instead on natural light and her hand-held Nikon. Her work was always respectful and sympathetic to its subject, background details were never an afterbought - Arnold insisted. "you have to take advantage of the variables, it might be the smile, the gesture, the light. None of which you can predict. 'she took pictures of black women modelling in Harlem fashion shows in 1948 and continued the project for two years, until picture post published her story. As a result, she was offered a job as the first female stringer for the Magnum photos agency. A long friendship with Marilyn Monroe produced some of her best-known images. But Arnold's work covered a broad spectrum - ' everything from serious disaster to Hollywood hoop-la'.

 Marilyn Monroe by Eve Arnold. 

There are so many images of Marilyn, but there is something so vulnerable about this one. Love it!

 Marilyn Monroe in Nevada, 1961 (during the filming of John Huston's The Misfits). 

Photo: Eve Arnold.

 THE MISFITS (1961) - Marilyn Monroe hugs Eli Wallach on location in Nevada 

Photo by Eve Arnold