Lillian Bassman ( American, 1917) - Fashion Photography
”…Elegant men with cigarettes between their fingers occasionally enter the frame, encountering women who appear utterly indifferent to their attention. The perversions of inequality are absent; what appears instead is the glamour of a protracted cultural moment in which women were free from any expectation of sexual pursuit. The power of Ms. Bassman’s photographs is the power of a woman who is never moved to make a call…” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/arts/design/17bassman.html?pagewanted=all
