‘I’d rather stalk with a Camera than a Gun’ – Toni Frissell

Toni Frissell (Antoinette Frissell Bacon), was an American born Photographer, who was known for her compelling fashion photography for Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar as well as celebrated for her groundbreaking photographs of the World War II, portraits of famous Americans and Europeans, children, as well as women from all walks of life. In the beginning of her career, she was an apprentice to Cecil Beaton and was advised by Edward Steichen. She stretched the boundaries of the privileged world into which she was born and became one of the most innovative photographers of her time.