George Platt Lynes (April 15, 1907 – December 6, 1955) was an American fashion and commercial photographer who worked in the 1930s and 1940s.
He developed close friendships within a larger circle of artists including Jean Cocteau and Julien Levy, the art dealer and critic. Levy would exhibit his photographs in his gallery in New York City in 1932 and Lynes would open his studio there that same year.
He was soon receiving commissions from Harper’s Bazaar, Town & Country, and Vogue including a cover with perhaps the first supermodel, Lisa Fonssagrives
George Platt Lynes, Untitled, 1940s via
George Platt Lynes, Lisa Fonssagrives for Marshall Field, 1940 via
George Platt Lynes, Lisa for Henri Bendel, 1940-41 via
George Platt Lynes, Evelyn Tripp, 1948 via
George Platt Lynes, Fashion model in Lincoln Kirstein’s appartement, with Elie Nadelman sculpture, 1948 via
George Platt Lynes, Untitled, 1940s via
George Platt Lynes, Madame Grès, Evening gown with peplum, silk jersey, 1940 via
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