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Touch of Dew, Lisa Fonssagrives, Harper���s Bazaar
eter Fetterman gallery presents Lillian Bassman���s
legacy with curatorial expertise worthy of a living national
treasure whose work is in major collections.
Bassman���s photographs capture highlights of twentieth
century fashion. The iconic Barbara Mullen, Blowing Kiss
should be on a US postal stamp as a tribute to Bassman���s
work. Characterized by great optimism, her images are
notable for simplicity, strong contrasts in black and white
and exacting angles. The figures of a man and woman in
Margie Cato, Junior Bazaar are dramatically positioned
psychologically and photographed from an interesting
angle.
During a highly experimental fashion period in the second
half of the twentieth century that often produced awkHYLAND
