Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
(1892-1953), PhotographerArtist associated with 73 portraits
Alexander Stewart became a professional photographer from 1914, adopting the name 'Sasha'. In 1919 he married his first wife Leila Lewis (c1893-1939) and in the early 1920s established a studio at 9 Hart Street, Bloomsbury, before later opening a studio at 7 Suffolk Street, Pall Mall. In the following decades, Sasha's stage, theatre and society portraits were published regularly in magazines such as The Tatler and The Sketch. A great technical pioneer, Sasha is also remembered for the 'Sashalite' flashbulb which was manufactured by General Electric from 1929. Sasha continued working until the early 1950s, from his last studio at 22 Panton Street, Leicester Square.
Dornford Yates (Cecil William Mercer)
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
bromide print, 10 July 1933
NPG x27159
Dornford Yates (Cecil William Mercer)
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
bromide print, 10 July 1933
NPG x27160
Daniel Massey's Christening party
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
chlorobromide print, 28 November 1933
NPG x137630
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
gelatin silver print, 1933
NPG x198565
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
bromide print, October 1934
NPG x21544
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
bromide print, October 1934
NPG x21545
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
bromide print, January 1934
NPG x137531
Andrew Graham Murray, 1st Viscount Dunedin; Alfred Hitchcock
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
bromide press print, 1934
NPG x182316
Margaret Rawlings (Lady Barlow) as Liza Kingdom in 'The Old Folks At Home'
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
bromide press print, 1934
NPG x198303
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
vintage print, July 1935
NPG x137458
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
bromide print, January 1937
NPG x28782
Lady Diana Cooper (Diana (née Manners), Viscountess Norwich) as 'Charity' at The Living Poster Ball
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 16 July 1930
NPG x137072
Gertrude Lawrence as Amanda and Sir Noël Coward as Elyot in 'Private Lives'
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 24 September 1930
NPG x193437
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