Lilian Bassman

Lillian Violet Bassman was born on June 15, 1917, in Brooklyn and grew up in the Bronx, she became a magazine art director and a fashion photographer, and died at age 94. In late 1945 Lilian was asked to be the art director of the Bazaar magazine. On her lunch hours she would go to the darkroom and develop fashion photographs, using tissues and gauze Lilian would apply bleach to certain areas to manipulate tone.

On the left is a photo taken by Lilian Bassman. This photograh is a photo of a lady in a dress looking  upwards, maybe to the sky. In the back of her dress she has her hands folded crossing her hands behind her back. The lady look like she's probably rich in that time period.