This photograph captured my attention this morning. It is from a full page ad for Enka Rayon from 1949. The striped rayon dress is by Harvey Berin. But it's the composition of the photo that I like. The model is posed far off to the side and the dress that is being featured is almost an afterthought. The model looks askance at a piece of sculpture in the American Museum of Natural History.The photograph was taken by Arbus; not Diane but her husband, Allan. Diane would have been the art director for the shot, though, and her genius is apparent even though she hated doing fashion work. Pose a model in a purple striped dress against a busy painted wall? Yes, please!
Photo by Allan Arbus is from a full page ad for Enka Rayon from Mademoiselle Magazine, 1949.
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