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If you think that in the era when there was no Photoshop, it was impossible to take pictures that amaze the imagination, then you are deeply mistaken. The works of this photographer shock and excite the mind. You will also enjoy real art without any computer bells and whistles by viewing our material.

Erwin Blumenfeld was born in Berlin in 1897. He started taking photography at the age of 11. The talent of the photographer was formed under the influence of the current of Dadaism.

After the First World War, the photographer got married and lived for 17 years in Holland, where he improved his skills. In 1936, he moved to Paris and held his first photo exhibition there. In 1941, Blumenfeld emigrated to the United States.His work could be seen on the covers of such famous fashion magazines as Look, Life, Harper's Bazaar and Vogue. He became the highest paid freelance photographer in New York, but preferred to consider himself an amateur, choosing as subjects what attracted him the most. And especially attracted the master landscapes, sculpture, architecture, and especially women.

The photographer died in Rome, in 1969, at the age of 71.

These stunning photos show part of his work in the 1940s.1940

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Looking at these portraits, you can't help wondering how it was possible to create such beauty without the use of high technology and computer programs. Talent knows no boundaries, including temporary ones. Art lives in people who know how to embody it at all times and under all circumstances.

Did you like Erwin Blumenfeld's exquisite female photo portraits?