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Vogue Photographer Erwin Blumenfeld—Pictures of a Fashion Legend (PHOTOS)

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He was one of the most highly-paid, and lauded, fashion photographers of the 1950s. Here are some of the most beautiful pictures taken by Erwin Blumenfeld

Published Sep. 15 2014 6:45AM EDT

galleries/2014/09/15/a-look-back-at-fashion-legend-erwin-blumenfeld-photos/140912-erwin-blumenfeld-gallery-tease_elactu — (C) The estate of Erwin Blumenfeld

galleries/2014/09/15/a-look-back-at-fashion-legend-erwin-blumenfeld-photos/erwin-blumenfeld-1_vbpwlv — Self portrait, 1937

(C) The estate of Erwin Blumenfeld

galleries/2014/09/15/a-look-back-at-fashion-legend-erwin-blumenfeld-photos/erwin-blumenfeld-7_yhaizm — Lisa Fonssagrives, The Eiffel Tower, Paris, 1939
(C) The estate of Erwin Blumenfeld

galleries/2014/09/15/a-look-back-at-fashion-legend-erwin-blumenfeld-photos/erwin-blumenfeld-9_peax3x — Lisette behind fluted Glass, 1943
(C) The estate of Erwin Blumenfeld

galleries/2014/09/15/a-look-back-at-fashion-legend-erwin-blumenfeld-photos/erwin-blumenfeld-11_kwybhc — Untitled, 1944
(C) The estate of Erwin Blumenfeld

galleries/2014/09/15/a-look-back-at-fashion-legend-erwin-blumenfeld-photos/erwin-blumenfeld-12_wy4vnt — Untitled, 1946
(C) The estate of Erwin Blumenfeld

galleries/2014/09/15/a-look-back-at-fashion-legend-erwin-blumenfeld-photos/erwin-blumenfeld-6_foyip2 — Evelyn Tripp in Dior, 1949
(C) The estate of Erwin Blumenfeld

galleries/2014/09/15/a-look-back-at-fashion-legend-erwin-blumenfeld-photos/erwin-blumenfeld-3_mhgkcl — Jean Patchett, The Doe Eye Vogue cover, 1950
(C) The estate of Erwin Blumenfeld

galleries/2014/09/15/a-look-back-at-fashion-legend-erwin-blumenfeld-photos/erwin-blumenfeld-2_gcoi7f — Three Profiles, 1952
(C) The estate of Erwin Blumenfeld

galleries/2014/09/15/a-look-back-at-fashion-legend-erwin-blumenfeld-photos/erwin-blumenfeld-5_moieeg — Décolleté, 1952
(C) The estate of Erwin Blumenfeld

galleries/2014/09/15/a-look-back-at-fashion-legend-erwin-blumenfeld-photos/erwin-blumenfeld-4_mkfyc9 — Audrey Hepburn, 1952
(C) The estate of Erwin Blumenfeld

galleries/2014/09/15/a-look-back-at-fashion-legend-erwin-blumenfeld-photos/erwin-blumenfeld-10_to7zdp — Nancy Berg in Cadillac ad, 1954
(C) The estate of Erwin Blumenfeld

galleries/2014/09/15/a-look-back-at-fashion-legend-erwin-blumenfeld-photos/erwin-blumenfeld-8_a9ci2l — Grace Kelly wearing Oleg Cassini for Cosmopolitan magazine, 1955
(C) The estate of Erwin Blumenfeld