Famed photographer Bill Silano was born in 1932. He will turn 78 on Sunday, March 28th:http://www.minimadmod60s.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=33038
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]He grew up on Long Island and served in the Armed Forces during the Korean War.
Silano studied under the legendary
Harper’s Bazaar magazine Art Director Alexey Brodovitch.
Throughout his career, Silano photographed for all of the top fashion magazines of the time, including American
Harper’s Bazaar, French
Vogue, Italian
Vogue, English
Vogue, French
Elle,
Glamour,
Mademoiselle and
Town and Country. Bill elevated fashion photography to new heights with his incredible and unmatched use of color and composition:
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Ulla Andersson
August 21, 1964
Elle Magazine
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[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Cynthia Korman
October 1967
Harper's Bazaar Magazine
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[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Cynthia Korman
November 1967
Harper's Bazaar Magazine
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Heide Wiedeck
November 1967
Harper's Bazaar Magazine
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[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Cynthia Korman
January 1968
Harper's Bazaar Magazine
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Berkley Johnson
July 1968
Harper's Bazaar Magazine
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[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Lauren Hutton
January 1969
Harper's Bazaar Magazine
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[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Joyce Ingalls, Mona Grant & Joan Thompson
1970 Clairol Ad
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Bill currently lives in Bridgehampton, New York, and has been mentoring up-and-coming photographer Christian Di Lalla:
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Happy Birthday, Bill Silano!Susan Camp
Senior Editor & Archivist