"You have to compose a picture in the view-finder exactly as if it were an artist's picture in the canvas."
His black and white portaits were always perfectly arranged.
" Fill in the space. The space round the subject is as important as the subject itself."
French's apparently imprompru style contrasted with the posed formality of fashion photography in the early 1950s. One of Britain's first model talentspotter, he encouraged Barbara Goalen and others to develop their own personalities in front of the lens. The hand intruding at the bottom of the picture below doesn't belong to French. He never actually released the camera shutter himself, insteadd he would direct set, lighting and model, then tell his assistant ( at times David Bailey or Terence Donovan ), to take the photograph.
Helen Bunney, photo John French. London, UK, 1957
John French/MadamePaulette Net Hat,1963
Autumn/Winter 1945/5 from the Ligne-H collection, Dior 'Zemire' dress
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