Gleb Derujinsky

Gleb Derujinsky (March 19, 1925–June 9, 2011) was an American fashion photographer. He worked for Esquire, Look, Life, Glamour, Town and Country and The New York Times Magazine, before shooting extensively for Harper’s Bazaar. Eileen Ford, founder of Ford Models agency, described him as an “early visionary on a path that others were to follow”.

Early life and education Gleb Derujinsky was born in New York City in 1925, and named after his father Gleb W. Derujinsky, an anti-communist White emigre descended from the Russian nobility and a successful sculptor. The Derujinsky family served the House of Romanov since the reign of Peter the Great, and their relatives included the composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Derujinsky’s first languages were Russian and French, and he went on to learn English while enrolled at the Trinity School in New York.

In 1942, Derujinsky became a corporal in the army and stayed until after the end of World War II. His language abilities and negotiation skills contributed to his being promoted to Staff Sergeant halfway through his tours, Citing the great photographer Horst P. Horst as a key influence, Derujinsky photographed the Paris Spring collections from 1953 to 1963 and was known for his outlandish ideas and travel images taken in remote locations all over the world at the time when travel, especially by air, was far from common. and his then-wife Ruth Neumann-Derujinsky, his work also featured many of the era’s top models, from Jean Patchett and Jean Shrimpton, to Nena Von Schlebrügge and Iris Bianchi. His photographs of the Paris collections of the same year became a 25-page spread in Harper’s Bazaar.

In 1968, he began shooting television commercials for Union Carbide, Dolly Madison, Johnson & Johnson, Texas Instruments, and Revlon, going on to win several awards at Cannes and Venice.

Personal life and death Derujinsky married four models in his lifetime and had Andrea Derujinsky with his third wife and cover girl Ruth Neumann. His achievements later in life include building a carbon fiber bicycle, whose patented design was one of the first to be used in an air tunnel test, as well as being used in the 1984 Olympic trials in Los Angeles.

Notable photographs Fragrant Harbor Hong Kong, 1957–1958 The Jaipur Observatory, 1957–1958 Ceylon Sails, 1957–1958

Books Capturing Fashion: Derujinsky, Photographs by Gleb Derujinsky, Text by Andrea Derujinsky, Foreword by Eileen Ford (Flammarion, 2016). Monograph. Model Woman: Eileen Ford and the Business of Beauty, Robert Lacey (Harper, 2015). Paris Mode: 100 photos de légende, Collectif (Parigramme, 2013). Paris Minuit, Collectif (Parigramme, 2013). Cecil Beaton: The Art of the Scrapbook, James Danziger (Assouline, 2013). Louis Vuitton Fashion Photography, Charlotte Cotton, Martin Harrison and Michel Mallard (Rizzoli, 2014). Valentina: American Couture and the Cult of Celebrity, Kohle Yohannan and Harold Koda (Rizzoli, 2009). Tiffany in Fashion, John Loring (Abrams, 2003). A Dash of Daring: Carmel Snow and Her Life in Fashion, Art, and Letters, Penelope Rowlands (Atria Books, 2008). Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel, Lisa Vreeland, Lally Weymouth, Judith Thurman, and Judith Clark (Abrams, 2011). 125 Great Moments of Harper’s Bazaar, Anthony T. Mazzola (Hearst Communications, 1993). Model Girl, Charles Castle (David & Charles, 1997). Alexey Brodovitch, Gabriel Bauret (Assouline, 2005). Harper’s Bazaar: Models, Derek Blasberg, Introduction by Glenda Bailey, Foreword by Karl Lagerfeld (Abrams, 2015). Diana Vreeland: The Modern Woman: The Bazaar Years, 1936–1962, Alexander Vreeland (Rizzoli, 2015).