Born 1909, American photographer Eric Carpenter was another Clarence Bull assistant who moved into the M-G-M portrait gallery in the 1940s when Bull began to spend more time managing the photo department.
Carpenter did especially well with the crop of young actresses who shot to fame in the 1940s: Judy Garland, Ingrid Bergman, Ava Gardner, and Donna Reed. When the studio closed down its gallery in the 1960s, he continued as a unit still photographer.
Carpenter died in 1976 in Hollywood, California at the age of 66. These glamorous photos are part of his work that Eric Carpenter took portraits of classic beauties in the 1940s and 1950s.
 |
| Ann Sothern by Eric Carpenter, circa 1940 |
 |
| Lana Turner from Ziegfeld Girl by Eric Carpenter, 1941 |
 |
| Judy Garland from ‘For Me and My Gal’ by Eric Carpenter, 1942 |
 |
| Judy Garland from ‘For Me and My Gal’ by Eric Carpenter, 1942 |
 |
| Judy Garland from ‘For Me and My Gal’ by Eric Carpenter, 1942 |
 |
| Judy Garland from ‘Presenting Lily Mars’ by Eric Carpenter, 1942 |
 |
| Ava Gardner by Eric Carpenter, 1943 |
 |
| Hedy Lamarr from ‘The Heavenly Body’ by Eric Carpenter, 1943 |
 |
| Judy Garland from ‘Presenting Lily Mars’ by Eric Carpenter, 1943 |
 |
| Judy Garland from ‘Presenting Lily Mars’ by Eric Carpenter, 1943 |
 |
| Ann Sothern from ‘Maisie Goes to Reno‘ by Eric Carpenter, 1944 |
 |
| Ava Gardner from ‘Two Girls and a Sailor’ by Eric Carpenter, 1944 |
 |
| Gloria Grahame from ‘Blonde Fever’ by Eric Carpenter, 1944 |
 |
| Judy Garland by Eric Carpenter, 1944 |
 |
| Esther Williams by Eric Carpenter, 1945 |
 |
| Ginger Rogers from ‘Week-End at the Waldorf’ by Eric Carpenter, 1945 |
 |
| Hedy Lamarr from ‘Her Highness and the Bellboy’ by Eric Carpenter, 1945 |
 |
| Hedy Lamarr from ‘Her Highness and the Bellboy’ by Eric Carpenter, 1945 |
 |
| Hedy Lamarr from ‘Her Highness and the Bellboy’ by Eric Carpenter, 1945 |
 |
| Lana Turner by Eric Carpenter, 1945 |
 |
| Myrna Loy by Eric Carpenter, 1945 |
 |
| Elizabeth Taylor from ‘The Courage of Lassie’ by Eric Carpenter, 1946 |
 |
| Elizabeth Taylor from ‘The Courage of Lassie’ by Eric Carpenter, 1946 |
 |
| Elizabeth Taylor from ‘The Courage of Lassie’ by Eric Carpenter, 1946 |
 |
| Elizabeth Taylor from ‘The Courage of Lassie’ by Eric Carpenter, 1946 |
 |
| Elizabeth Taylor from ‘The Courage of Lassie’ by Eric Carpenter, 1946 |
 |
| Marilyn Maxwell from ‘The Show-Off’ by Eric Carpenter, 1946 |
 |
| Kathryn Grayson from ‘The Kissing Bandit’ by Eric Carpenter, 1948 |
 |
| Kathryn Grayson from ‘The Kissing Bandit’ by Eric Carpenter, 1948 |
 |
| Ann Sothern from ‘Nancy Goes to Rio’ by Eric Carpenter, 1950 |
 |
| Ava Gardner from ‘Mogambo’ by Eric Carpenter, 1953 |
 |
| Lana Turner from ‘The Prodigal’ by Eric Carpenter, 1955 |
 |
| Grace Kelly from ‘High Society’ by Eric Carpenter, 1956 |
Iconic photographic work.
ReplyDelete