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You’ve probably seen those arresting images around town of Leslie Howard and Gloria Swanson in ads for the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Edward Steichen retrospective.

Howard is debonair in a top hat and tux, while Swanson appears mysterious, her face veiled by a piece of lace.

But Steichen’s oeuvre is not limited to celebrity portraits. Besides producing still lifes and fashion photography, he also was a freelance photographer for the J. Walter Thompson Co., starting in 1923.



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