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From March 5th the Museum in Helmond presents with pride, an exhibition of Eve Arnold. She is well known for her intimate, intriguing portraits of celebrities like Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich and Marilyn Monroe.
This is the first exhibition by Eve Arnold that can be seen in the Netherlands. The exhibition consist of 3 documentaries and over 130 photographs Among them the legendary Malcolm X reportage from 1961 and her 1979 China series. Eve Arnold was one of the first western photographers allowed to enter China. Arnold was also one of the only people to photograph so personal and caring images, and over such a long period of time, Marilyn Monroe. Together they did six sessions between 1952 and 1961.
Arnold was the first female member of the famous agency Magnum. Her photography was a search inside herself. She lived during a time and in the world just after the Second World War. She photographed her subjects from close by with a preference on natural light, giving her photos atmosphere and honesty.
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Biography
Arnold is a child of poor Russian immigrants. In 1946 she worked for a photo lab in New York. A friend gave her a camera with which she made her first photos at the end of the 40s. In 1948 she followed a six week course with Alexei Brodovitch (at that time art-director at Harper’s Bazaar).
Soon she found her strength: photo documentaries of new and surprising subjects. In 1952 she made her first political documentary of the Republican Party in Chicago. Afterwards many reportages followed for LIFE, Fortune, Look, Paris Match, Vogue and the English Sunday Times. She also made reportages of celebrities like Marlene Dietrich (1952) and Joan Crawford (1959). From 1952 to 1961 she was THE photographer of Marilyn Monroe. The start of their cooperation is Monroes’s remark at a party to Arnold: “If you could do that well with Marlene, can you imagine what you can do with me?”
In January 2012 Eve Arnold died aged 99.
http://www.gemeentemuseumhelmond.nl/tentoonstellingen/2013/eve-arnold/
