Lillian Bassman Professions : Photographer Born : June 15, 1917 Died : February 13, 2012 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Lillian Bassman [When I photograph] I project what I'm not. What I would like to be. Lillian Bassman projects photograph Long necks. The thrust of the head in a certain position. The way the fingers work, fabrics work. It's all part of my painting background. Lillian Bassman fabric long way I am completely tied up with softness, fragility, and the problems of a feminine world. Lillian Bassman fragility problem world It was sexually a very different thing when [the models] worked with men. They felt a charge... I caught them when they were relaxed, natural, and I spent a lot of time talking to them about their husbands, their lovers, their babies. Lillian Bassman husband baby men The women who intrigued me [as models] had the most beautiful necks and the most responsive hand movements. At one point, I found El Greco, and that elongated look became my way of seeing. Lillian Bassman beautiful hands looks Similar Authors Inge Morath photographer Bert Stern photographer Brent Stirton photographer Bunny Yeager photographer Burt Glinn photographer Bruno Barbey photographer All Authors
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