This week the photographer I decided to emulate was George Hurrell (June 1, 1904 – May 17, 1992). As the creator of Hollywood “glamour”, he was probably the most influential photographer in Hollywood, photographing every star contracted to MGM during the 1930’s such as Joan Crawford, Anna May Wong, Carole Lombard. He later went on to photograph for Warner Brothers photography and Columbia Pictures; Hurrell built not only his career but also helped build the careers of actors and actresses. In the 1950’s he went on to shoot advertising and fashion layouts in New York and later in 1962 had a show at the MOMA. I find him particularly interesting because he also had the talent to retouch images like no other. Even though in the 1930’s, when Photoshop did not exist, Hurrell was somehow able to create soft, retouched photographs through burning, dodging, and physically manipulating the negative. For this, he can be considered a true pioneer in the world of fashion photography.