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Clarence Sinclair Bull
American
1896–1979
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Clarence Sinclair Bull. Self-Portrait with Karen Morley. c. 1940. Gelatin silver print, 11 1/2 x 8 1/2" (29.2 x 21.6 cm). Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection. Digital image: © 2014 Museum Associates/LACMA. Licensed by Art Resource, NY
Meeting Points
- Publications Vogue, 1892–1949
Artist Chronology
| May 23, 1896 |
Born
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Sun River |
| 1909 |
Buys a Kodak film pack camera, Kodak Azo printing paper, and developer
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Sun River |
| 1910 |
Works part-time at the W.T. Ridgely Printing Company, known for its reproductions of work by Charles Russell
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Great Falls |
| 1912 |
Studies painting with Charles Russell
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Great Falls |
| 1914 |
Works part-time at a camera store and in the projection booth at a movie theater. Appointed official photographer for his high school
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Port Huron |
| 1914 |
Takes courses in art and finance at the University of Michigan. Works as a staff photographer on the Michigan Daily newspaper
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Ann Arbor |
| 1914–15 |
Works part-time in the portrait studio of Daines and Nichols. Learns how to operate an Ernemann 35mm motion picture camera
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Ann Arbor |
| 1915–18 |
Establishes a photographic printing business at his father's store
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Sun River |
| 1918–79 |
Lives in Los Angeles
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Los Angeles |
| 1918 |
Works as an assistant cameraman at Metro Studios. Films his first scene for a major motion picture, Breakers Ahead. A double exposure created in the camera, the scene is a successful early example of film montage
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Los Angeles |
| Late 1918–1961 |
Shoots publicity stills and portraits for Samuel Goldwyn Pictures (eventually Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.). Becomes head of the photography department
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Los Angeles |
| December 1921 |
Publishes portraits of Goldwyn celebrities in Vanity Fair. The photographs were printed with the caption, "Cubist Photography...some recent attempts to reduce humans to geometric patterns."
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New York |
| 1929–41 |
Primary portrait photographer for Greta Garbo
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Los Angeles |
| 1942 |
As part of the motion picture industry's contribution to the war effort, at the United States government's request, Bull is placed in charge of training soldiers in the use of photography for reconnaissance and other military purposes.
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| June 8, 1979 |
Dies
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Los Angeles |
