Baron George Hoyningen-Huene (1900–1968) was a high-profile American fashion photographer and Hollywood figure. Born in Saint Petersburg, he had a privileged childhood before he and his family fled to London during the Russian Revolution. Hoyningen-Huene settled in Paris after the First World War, where he became a fashion illustrator. After assisting photographers in the French Vogue studio, he became a photographer himself. Known as a pioneer of fashion photography, he was one of the first photographers to capture images for Chanel, Balenciaga and Cartier, and his circle of friends included Man Ray, Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso. In 1935 he moved to New York, signing an exclusive contract with Harper's Bazaar. In the mid-1940s he relocated to Los Angeles where he photographed film stars including Ingrid Bergman, Greta Garbo and Katharine Hepburn. Hoyningen-Huene visited Sydney for five days in December 1937, where David Jones commissioned him to photograph a fashion assignment for The Home magazine and he met with photographer Max Dupain.
