Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964), Critic, novelist and photographer
Artist of 12 portraits
American essayist and novelist of Nigger Heaven (1926); took up photography in 1932, aged 51, aiming to portray all the leading creative talent of his era. Worked in makeshift studio apartment with a Leica, using painted backdrops inspired by Matisse, took over 15,000 photographs (1932-64).
by Carl Van Vechten
vintage gelatin silver print, 27 May 1934
NPG P1125
Dame Rebecca West (Cicily Isabel Andrews (née Fairfield))
by Carl Van Vechten
vintage gelatin silver print, 28 May 1934
NPG P1127
by Carl Van Vechten
vintage gelatin silver print, 5 April 1937
NPG P1124
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier
by Carl Van Vechten
vintage gelatin silver print, 17 June 1939
NPG P1126
by Carl Van Vechten
cream-toned bromide print, 14 January 1933
NPG x131693
by Carl Van Vechten
cream-toned bromide print, 14 January 1933
NPG x131694
by Carl Van Vechten
cream-toned bromide print, 14 January 1933
NPG x131695
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by Carl Van Vechten
cream-toned bromide print, 26 May 1934
NPG x135982
by Carl Van Vechten
vintage bromide print, late 1930s
NPG x40474
by Carl Van Vechten
vintage bromide print, late 1930s
NPG x40473
by Carl Van Vechten
chlorobromide print, 7 December 1951
NPG x131783
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