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.
(Richard Horatio) Edgar Wallace
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
bromide print, April 1929
NPG x28354
Dame Edith Evans (Dame Edith Mary Booth)
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
bromide print, September 1929
NPG x137529
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
bromide print, 9 November 1929
NPG x137530
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 20 March 1929
NPG x193442
Charles Laughton; Elsa Lanchester
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 13 February 1929
NPG x193443
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
modern bromide print from original negative, 1930
NPG x45062
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
bromide print, 1930s
NPG x21550
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
bromide print, 1930s
NPG x21551
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
bromide print, 1930s
NPG x21552
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
bromide print, 1930s
NPG x28324
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
bromide print, 1930s
NPG x28325
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
colour print, 1930s
NPG x29889
Binnie Hale as Nippy, a Lyon's Corner House waitress, in 'Nippy'
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
gelatin silver print, 1930
NPG x198409
Sir Charles Blake Cochran with two actresses from 'Cochran's 1930 Revue'
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
gelatin silver print, 1930
NPG x198538
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
modern bromide print, August 1931
NPG x24965
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
bromide print, 1931?
NPG x4077
Jessie Matthews as Paula Bond in 'Hold My Hand'
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
bromide print, December 1931
NPG x135145
Jessie Matthews as Paula Bond and Stanley Lupino as Eddy Marston in 'Hold My Hand'
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
gelatin silver print, December 1931
NPG x198406
Tilly Losch as the nun in 'The Miracle'
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
bromide print, 15 April 1932
NPG x35380
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
bromide print, 1932
NPG x138109
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