George Hoyningen-Huene Born September 4th

George Hoyningen-Huene was born September 4th, 1900 to a Russian Baron and an American mother in St Perterburg, Russia. He and his family escaped from Russia in the beginning of the Russian Revolution in 1917. They first traveled to London and then to Paris where George began working his way up to chief photographer for Vogue. in 1931 George met Horst P Horst (Horst Paul Albert Bohrmann) and the two men became lovers. Horst was a photographer in his own right and was also a model for George. Hoyningen-Huene traveled back to London in 1935 where he met fellow Vogue photographer Cecil Beaton before moving to New York City four years later. He eventually made his way to Hollywood and made a career of glamour photography for the studios.

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