Jerry Schatzberg Bashny.Net

Recently, at the end of June its 85th anniversary said Jerry Schatzberg, renowned photographer and filmmaker from New York.
The general public and film lovers, of course, better known as a director Schatzberg: Movies "Scarecrow" (1973) and "The Panic in Needle Park" (1971) with Al Pacino in the lead role. But those who love and are interested in fashion photography, and know that Jerry was incredibly successful photographer 50-60-xx years, to create a real poetry in black-and-white photographs of fashion and street photography.

Career Schatzberg started immediately to work for well-known fashion magazines. It opened to the world and became his teacher the famous Russian designer and photographer Alexey Brodovitch. Photo Schatzberg published in the «Vogue», «Esquire», «Glamour», and the «Life» and «McCall's». In addition, Jerry once worked as a director of TV commercials. In 1970 he made his debut in cinema with the film "Mystery of the illegitimate" (starring Faye Dunaway). Three years later Schatzberg already clutched in the hands of "Palme d'Or" for his film "Scarecrow". In the 60s, Jerry Schatzberg removed such famous people like Faye Dunaway, Catherine Deneuve, Roman Polanski, Edie Sedgwick, Bob Dylan, Ursula Andress and others.
The images created by this talented artist - a tribute to the beauty and elegance of the style of the most charming women of the second half of the last century, with whom he has worked.


























































































This photo Faye Dunaway made Schatzberg in 1970 became the official poster of the Cannes Film Festival in 2011.
According to the organizers: This picture is a "model of sophistication and timeless elegance, the embodiment of the cinematic dream that the Festival de Cannes seeks to maintain.