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Photographer: Edwin Bower Hesser (American, 1893 - 1962) - internationally renowned jazz age glamour and art photographer best known for his Hollywood portraits and outdoor nude studies shot during the 1920's and 1930's in southern California. Please scroll down for more information on Edwin Bower Hesser.
Subject: Female Nude Study - southern California beach.
Type Of Print: Original vintage silver gelatin photograph - darkroom print.
Date Of Negative: Circa 1920's - 1930's
Date Of Print: Circa 1920's - 1930's (close to 100 years old).
Paper: Fiber based photographic paper - semi-gloss finish.
Image Dimensions: approx. 4.6 x 3.5 inches
Overall dimensions: approx. 5 x 4 inches
Condition Grade: Very Good for age (please look at scans closely) - 100 year old print for publication - may contain light surface scratches handling marks, light creases and other wear commensurate with age.
Verso: Blank - some notations in pencil.
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FINE PHOTO GALLERIES is pleased to offer this original vintage 1960's photograph by the American glamour photographer Edwin Bower Hesser. Please visit our eBay Gallery and click on "Edwin Bower Hesser" for more of the highly collectible original work of this prolific photographer of the female form.
EDWIN BOWER HESSER was an internationally renowned jazz age glamour and art photographer who was a friend and contemporary of east coast photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston who originally inspired Hesser to pursue art photography. Hesser had studios in New York and California but, operated primarily out of his west coast studio and photographed many Hollywood starlets and movie stars during the 1920's - 1940's, many without clothing in his artistic nude studies. Taking advantage of the favorable west coast weather he focused heavily on artistic outdoor nude studies shooting in local parks and secluded southern California beaches. One of his favorite outdoor locations was Griffith Park were he shot many of his widely published nude studies including his famous nude photographs of rising film star Jean Harlow. Hesser published his nude studies under the guise of "art magazines" during the 1920's and 1930's which were touted as posing guides for painters and artists (to avoid prosecution under obscenity laws at the time). The publications were successful for over a decade and in addition to Hesser's photographs published the work of Alfred Cheney Johnston, Carlo Leonetti, John DeMirjian, Debarron Studios and other significant figures in the photographic world. Hesser himself shot with a Graflex camera that allowed contact prints large enough (3 x 4.5 inch range) to be used as master prints for these publications and many of his surviving prints are in that size range. Today Hesser's original prints have become highly collectible with his nude studies being particularly scarce.
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