Alfred Cheney Johnston: The Photographer Who Glorified the Ziegfeld Girl
Alfred Cheney Johnston photographed the Ziegfeld Follies for a dozen years. His studio method, his letters, his failures, and why his pictures outlived him.
Alfred Cheney Johnston: Why the Surprising Nude Photographs?
Alfred Cheney Johnston, the Ziegfeld Follies photographer, is best known for his glamorous portraits of Ziegfeld Girls. He also made many nude and nearly nude photographs, although these were rarely published during his lifetime. Why did he make the nude photographs? They are quite different from his ordinary publicity photographs of clothed women. Alfred Cheney…
Ziegfeld Girls: Beauty, Fame, and Life in the Follies
The Ziegfeld Girls were showgirls selected for Florenz Ziegfeld’s Broadway revues and promoted as ideals of American beauty, glamour, and modern womanhood. A century ago, a line of women glided languidly into the glow of the footlights on a Broadway stage. Some nearly nude, they shimmered with feathers, jewels, satin, and sequins. The audience watched…
