alexey brodovitch

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.