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Ralph Crane - Photographer Whitey Schafer and Model, Hollywood
Photographer Whitey Schafer and Model, Hollywood
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Contact: Charles Schwartz
Email: cms@cs-photo.com
Phone: 212-534-4496
Company: Charles Schwartz Ltd.
Company: 21 East 90th Street
Company: New York, NY   10128   USA
URL: http://www.cs-photo.com
Ref.#: 2279
Price: $450
Medium: Gelatin Silver Print
Image Date: 1930s
Dimensions: 8 x 7.5 in. (203 x 191 mm)
Photo Country: United States (USA)
Photographer Country: United States (USA)
Description: Stamped, verso, "Credit: / Ralph Crane / from Black Star / Graybar Building, New York" Caption pasted verso, "Legs, an all important item in chessecake, must be accompanied by an alluring smile, and Schafer....asks her [the model] to look...and smile." Cropping notations in pencil, verso A.L. "Whitey" Schafer was a well-known Hollywood studio photographer who made glamour portraits in the style of Hurrell and others. Ralph Crane (1913-1988) spent his early career as a freelance photographer for The New York Times and the Worldwide Photo Agency. He later contributed to European newspapers and agencies including Camera Press and Black Star. In 1941 he emigrated to the United States and in 1951 he became a staff photgrapher for LIFE Magazine. 1

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