Dennis Stock Photography - LH

Both photographs were done by Dennis Stock. He was sent by the Magnum photo agency to follow hollywood celebrities and document their lives. Working in black and white, he took timeless images of Hollywood legends and jazz greats, while also documenting subcultures of the age, from motorcycle gangs to hippies. These 2 photos are both of the hollywood icon James Dean. Both capture Dean's coolness and attitude. The second image is one of his most famous. It was published by Life magazine. Dean here is walking in the rain in New York's Times Square, shoulders hunched over with a cigarette dangling from his lips. The magazine claimed the image defined the cool and celebrated Dean, before he died in a car wreck not too long after.  The images although different in composition and form demonstrate Stock's style and representation of the actor.