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  Globe photographers utilized both techniques with a decided preference for location shoots. Don Ornitz created a portable studio with frames holding a variety of colorful background material so he could have the best of both worlds. Frank Bez built a studio with one entire wall of glass to allow …

  When photojournalistic tecniques gained popularity with magazine editors, there began a market for a more realistic approach to glamour photography as well. They wanted pictures that avoided the artificiality of the gallery shot. Candid glamour photography was born and given a new name: cheesecake. Major magazines like ESQUIRE, ARGOSY …

  Of all the photographic coverage of Hollywood stars of the 1930s and 40s, perhaps the most representative as well as the best remembered comes under the heading of “glamour” photography. Hollywood glamour photography was exclusively about creating illusion in those days. Shot in still galleries, it paid strict attention …

  Occasionally a star would not be available for a home sitting. The home itself might be off limits for photography or perhaps too many layouts had been done there. In the case of the younger players their homes might not be deemed “right” (read “nice enought”) for a layout. …

  THE GLOBE STORY/4   When LIFE and LOOK started publication, a new era opened up for editorial photography. Photographs dominated the pages that had once been the exclusive turf of text. To help fill their pages LIFE put Globe Photos under contract for first refusal on its uncommitted pictures. …