ARNOLD Eve (Photographer)

Eve Arnold's camera captured the gold beaded skullcap, glossed lips and lacquered nails of a model backstage at a Lanvin show in 1977. Arnold rarely used studios; relying instead on natural light and her hand-held Nikon. Her work was always respectful and sympathetic to its subject, background details were never an afterthought _Arnold insisted, "You have to take advantage of the variables. It might be the smile, the gesture, the light. None of which you can predict". She took pictures of black women modelling in Harlem fashion shows in 1948 and continued the project for two years, until Picture Post published her story. As a result, she was offered a job as the first female stringer for the Magnum Photos agency. A long friendship with Marilyn Monroe produced some of her best-known images. But Arnold's work covered a broad spectrum_ "everything from serious disaster to Hollywood hoop-la".

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