alexey brodovitch

Cover of the January 1936 issue of Harper’s Bazaar. Travel, California, Florida, Cruises...

Cover of the January 1936 issue of Harper’s Bazaar. Designed by Alexey Brodovitch. Photo via Artists Rights Society. © The Hearst Corporation.

series of editorials on prominent designers

a nobleman who fled the bolshevik revolution, alexey brodovitch is known as the father of modern art direction. during his twenty-five-year tenure at harper's bazaar,

brodovitch introduced america to european avant-garde movements and made photography the backbone of magazine design.