Arthur Elgort was born and raised in New York where he studied painting at the Hunter College. No one is more easy-going with a camera in his hand than Arthur Elgort. His love for ballet dancing pushed him to photograph the model Carole Trentini at the Professional Performing Art School in New York. The series resulted in a collection of graceful, fairytale images. With a strong sense of humor, an impressive collection of cameras, and a love for traveling, Arthur Elgort has been traveling the world since the 1960s, and has become one of the fashion world’s favorite photographers. Elgort’s love of models is legendary and they’ve all posed for him at some time, Kate Moss and Karen Mulder are among them. He even dedicated a book to his subjects in 1993, entitled Arthur Elgort’s Models Manual. His pictures have been exhibited internationally, and are included in the permanent collections of the International Center of Photography in New York and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, as well as in numerous private collections.
