- Alexey Brodovitch
Alexey Brodovitch (also Brodovich; _ru. Алексей Бродович; 1898-1971) was a
Russia n-born photographer, designer and instructor who is most famous for his art direction of "Harper's Bazaar " from 1938 to 1958.After fleeing Russia in 1920, Brodovitch settled in
Paris . He came to the United States in 1930 and began his career at Harper's Bazaar in 1934. [http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/medalist-alexeybrodovitch]Brodovitch edited three issues of "Portfolio" a short-lived, but landmark graphic design publication. The first two issues appeared in 1950. The third issue appeared in 1951.
After a remarkable career but an unhappy personal life, Brodovitch died in 1971 in a small village in southern France. [http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/medalist-alexeybrodovitch]
ee also
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List of AIGA medalists External links
* [http://www.adcglobal.org/archive/hof/1972/?id=295 Art Directors Club biography, portrait and images of work]
* [http://www.kerrywilliampurcell.com/ Website] of biographerKerry William Purcell that features a slideshow of Brodovitch's workReferences
* "Alexey Brodovitch" by
Kerry William Purcell , Phaidon Press, 2002.
* "Brodovitch" by Andy Grundberg, H.N. Abrams, 1989.
* "Nine pioneers in American graphic design", by Roger Remington, MIT Press, 1989.
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