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Lillian Bassman was born on 15 June, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., is an American photographer and painter (1917-2012). Discover Lillian Bassman's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 95 years old?
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fashion photographer, painter |
| Age |
95 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Gemini |
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15 June 1917 |
| Birthday |
15 June |
| Birthplace |
Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Date of death |
2012 |
| Died Place |
Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality |
United States
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Lillian Bassman Height, Weight & Measurements
At 95 years old, Lillian Bassman height not available right now. We will update Lillian Bassman's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Lillian Bassman Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Lillian Bassman worth at the age of 95 years old? Lillian Bassman’s income source is mostly from being a successful photographer. She is from United States. We have estimated Lillian Bassman's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Pending |
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Under Review |
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photographer |
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Timeline
Her parents were Jewish intellectuals who emigrated to the United States from Ukraine (then in Russia) in 1905 and settled in Brooklyn, New York.
She first met her future husband, photographer Paul Himmel (born 1914), at Coney Island at age six.
They met again at 13, and started living together when she was 15.
Lillian Bassman (June 15, 1917 – February 13, 2012) was an American photographer and painter.
She grew up in Brooklyn and Greenwich Village, New York, and studied at the Textile High School in Manhattan with future artist Alexey Brodovitch and graduated in 1933.
They were married in 1935, and had two children.
From the 1940s until the 1960s Bassman worked as a fashion photographer for Junior Bazaar and later at Harper's Bazaar where she promoted the careers of photographers such as Richard Avedon, Robert Frank, Louis Faurer and Arnold Newman.
Under the guidance of the Russian emigrant, Alexey Brodovitch, she began to photograph her model subjects primarily in black and white.
Her work was published for the most part in Harper's Bazaar from 1950 to 1965.
By the 1970s Bassman's interest in pure form in her fashion photography was out of vogue.
She turned to her own photo projects and abandoned fashion photography.
In doing so she tossed out 40 years of negatives and prints—her life's work.
A forgotten bag filled with hundreds of images was discovered over 20 years later.
Bassman's fashion photographic work began to be re-appreciated in the 1990s.
She worked with digital technology and abstract color photography into her nineties to create a new series of work.
She used Photoshop for her image manipulation.
The most notable qualities about her photographic work are the high contrasts between light and dark, the graininess of the finished photos, and the geometric placement and camera angles of the subjects.
Bassman became one of the last great woman photographers in the world of fashion.
A generation later, Bassman's pioneering photography and her mentor Alexey Brodovitch's bold cropping and layout innovations were a seminal influence on Sam Haskins and his black and white work of the sixties.
Himmel died in 2009 after 73 years of marriage.
Bassman died on February 13, 2012, at age 94.
