Otto Dyar

<blockquote>His dramatic [[glamour portrait]]s had contrasty lighting, heavy diffusion, and a unique use of an [[Arc lamp|arc light]], not an [[incandescent]], as his [[key light]]. At [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] he photographed [[Clara Bow]] at the outset of her rise to stardom, [[Louise Brooks]] in her famous bob, and [[Marlene Dietrich]] for ''[[Shanghai Express (film)|Shanghai Express]]''. At the [[Fox Film Corporation]], he shot Clara Bow’s portraits for ''[[Hoop-La]]'', her final film. He later worked as a unit still photographer at [[M-G-M]].<ref name="fathom-art/otto-dyar">{{cite web |title=Otto Dyar |url=https://fathom-art.com/artists/modern-1860-1960s/vintage-photographers/hollywood-photographers/otto-dyar/ |website=FATHOM {{!}} fathom-art.com |access-date=5 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250705044955/https://fathom-art.com/artists/modern-1860-1960s/vintage-photographers/hollywood-photographers/otto-dyar/ |archive-date=5 July 2025}}</ref></blockquote>

<blockquote>His dramatic [[glamour portrait]]s had contrasty lighting, heavy diffusion, and a unique use of an [[Arc lamp|arc light]], not an [[incandescent]], as his [[key light]]. At [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] he photographed [[Clara Bow]] at the outset of her rise to stardom, [[Louise Brooks]] in her famous bob, and [[Marlene Dietrich]] for ''[[Shanghai Express (film)|Shanghai Express]]''. At the [[Fox Film Corporation]], he shot Clara Bow’s portraits for ''[[Hoop-La]]'', her final film. He later worked as a unit still photographer at [[M-G-M]].<ref name="fathom-art/otto-dyar">{{cite web |title=Otto Dyar |url=https://fathom-art.com/artists/modern-1860-1960s/vintage-photographers/hollywood-photographers/otto-dyar/ |website=FATHOM {{!}} fathom-art.com |access-date=5 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250705044955/https://fathom-art.com/artists/modern-1860-1960s/vintage-photographers/hollywood-photographers/otto-dyar/ |archive-date=5 July 2025}}</ref></blockquote>

Dyar photographed unit, publicity and fashion layouts for Claudette Colbert, Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Shirley Temple, William Powell, Elizabeth Taylor, Anna May Wong, Kay Francis, Madeleine Carroll, Nancy Carroll, Alice Faye, Clara Bow, Loretta Young, Mitzi Green, Gloria Swanson, Cary Grant, Tallulah Bankhead, Louise Brooks, Gary Cooper, and Fay Wray.<ref name="annenbergphoto/otto-dyar">{{cite web |title=Otto Dyar |url=https://www.annenbergphotospace.org/person/otto-dyar/ |website=[[The Annenberg Space for Photography]] |access-date=5 July 2025}}</ref>

Dyar photographed unit, publicity and fashion layouts for [[Claudette Colbert]], [[Clark Gable]], [[Carole Lombard]], [[Shirley Temple]], [[William Powell]], [[Elizabeth Taylor]], [[Anna May Wong]], [[Kay Francis]], [[Madeleine Carroll]], [[Nancy Carroll]], [[Alice Faye]], [[Clara Bow]], [[Loretta Young]], [[Mitzi Green]], [[Gloria Swanson]], [[Cary Grant]], [[Tallulah Bankhead]], [[Louise Brooks]], [[Gary Cooper]], and [[Fay Wray]].<ref name="annenbergphoto/otto-dyar">{{cite web |title=Otto Dyar |url=https://www.annenbergphotospace.org/person/otto-dyar/ |website=[[The Annenberg Space for Photography]] |access-date=5 July 2025}}</ref>

Dyar photographed William Boyd, Jackie Coogan, Paul Lukas, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, Dorothy Hall and Claire Trevor.<ref name="nyu/pr384_bousbib">{{cite web |title=Ari and Helene Bousbib collection of photographs: |url=https://findingaids.library.nyu.edu/nyhs/pr384_bousbib/all/ |website=Special Collections Finding Aids |publisher=NYU .edu |access-date=5 July 2025 |language=en-us}}</ref>

Dyar photographed [[William Boyd (actor)|William Boyd]], [[Jackie Coogan]], [[Paul Lukas]], [[Richard "Skeets" Gallagher]], [[Dorothy Hall]] and [[Claire Trevor]].<ref name="nyu/pr384_bousbib">{{cite web |title=Ari and Helene Bousbib collection of photographs: |url=https://findingaids.library.nyu.edu/nyhs/pr384_bousbib/all/ |website=Special Collections Finding Aids |publisher=NYU .edu |access-date=5 July 2025 |language=en-us}}</ref>

Dyar photographed René Ray ([[Irene Lilian Creese]]) (later Countess of Midleton),<ref name="npg.org.uk/mw165378" >{{cite web |title=René Ray (Irene Lilian Creese) (later Countess of Midleton) |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw165378/Ren-Ray-Irene-Lilian-Creese-later-Countess-of-Midleton |website=www.npg.org.uk - National Portrait Gallery |access-date=5 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref> [[Sessue Hayakawa]],<ref name="invaluable/Dyar/Sessue">{{cite web |title=Sold at Auction: Otto Dyar Sessue Hayakawa |url=https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/otto-dyar-sessue-hayakawa-64-c-d844fac9a8 |website=invaluable.com |access-date=5 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref> [[Will James (artist)|Will James]]<ref name="artmuseum/will-james">{{cite web |title=Exhibition Opens — Will James: The Eternal Cowboy |url=https://www.artmuseum.org/events/exhibition-opens-will-james-the-eternal-cowboy/ |website=[[Yellowstone Art Museum]] |access-date=5 July 2025}}</ref> [[Maurice Chevalier]],<ref name="ogerblanchet/84923/7447951">{{cite web |title=Otto Dyar (1892-1988) - Lot 190 |url=https://www.ogerblanchet.fr/lot/84923/7447951-otto-dyar-18921988maurice-chev |website=Oger - Blanchet |access-date=5 July 2025 |language=fr}}</ref> [[Warner Baxter]],<ref name="eastman/293235">{{cite web |title=Warner Baxter |url=https://collections.eastman.org/objects/293235/warner-baxter |website=collections.eastman.org |access-date=5 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref> [[Anna Mae Wong]],<ref name="loc/2021642860">{{cite web |last1=Dyar |first1=Otto |title=Anna Mae Wong |url=https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2021642860/ |website=www.loc.gov |language=en |date=1932 |quote=Part of: Annenberg Space for Photography Collection of Exhibition Prints, selected prints from the exhibition entitled Beauty CULTure}}</ref> [[Enid Stamp-Taylor]],<ref name="rarefilmposters/o-kay">{{cite web |title=O-KAY FOR SOUND |url=https://www.rarefilmposters.com/product/o-kay-for-sound-2/ |website=Rare Film Posters |access-date=5 July 2025}}</ref> [[Lilian Harvey]],<ref name="rarefilmposters/lilian-harvey">{{cite web |title=Lilian Harvey |url=https://www.rarefilmposters.com/product/lilian-harvey/ |website=Rare Film Posters |access-date=5 July 2025}}</ref> [[Carole Lombard]],<ref name="gettyimages/3300001">{{cite web |last1=Dyar |first1=Otto |author1-link=Otto Dyar |title=Carole Lombard in striped bathrobe poses arms akimbo on steps leading up to backyard swimming pool |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/american-actress-carole-lombard-who-starred-in-mack-news-photo/3300001 |website=[[Getty Images]] |publisher=[[Hulton Archive]] |language=en-us |date=1935 |quote=Carole Lombard (Jane Alice Peters, 1908 - 1942) who starred in Mack Sennett's comedies before joining Paramount in 1930. She married and divorced actor William Powell, before marrying screen hearthrob Clark Gable. She died in an aircrash.}}</ref>

Dyar photographed René Ray ([[Irene Lilian Creese]]) (later Countess of Midleton),<ref name="npg.org.uk/mw165378" >{{cite web |title=René Ray (Irene Lilian Creese) (later Countess of Midleton) |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw165378/Ren-Ray-Irene-Lilian-Creese-later-Countess-of-Midleton |website=www.npg.org.uk - National Portrait Gallery |access-date=5 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref> [[Sessue Hayakawa]],<ref name="invaluable/Dyar/Sessue">{{cite web |title=Sold at Auction: Otto Dyar Sessue Hayakawa |url=https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/otto-dyar-sessue-hayakawa-64-c-d844fac9a8 |website=invaluable.com |access-date=5 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref> [[Will James (artist)|Will James]]<ref name="artmuseum/will-james">{{cite web |title=Exhibition Opens — Will James: The Eternal Cowboy |url=https://www.artmuseum.org/events/exhibition-opens-will-james-the-eternal-cowboy/ |website=[[Yellowstone Art Museum]] |access-date=5 July 2025}}</ref> [[Maurice Chevalier]],<ref name="ogerblanchet/84923/7447951">{{cite web |title=Otto Dyar (1892-1988) - Lot 190 |url=https://www.ogerblanchet.fr/lot/84923/7447951-otto-dyar-18921988maurice-chev |website=Oger - Blanchet |access-date=5 July 2025 |language=fr}}</ref> [[Warner Baxter]],<ref name="eastman/293235">{{cite web |title=Warner Baxter |url=https://collections.eastman.org/objects/293235/warner-baxter |website=collections.eastman.org |access-date=5 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref> [[Anna Mae Wong]],<ref name="loc/2021642860">{{cite web |last1=Dyar |first1=Otto |title=Anna Mae Wong |url=https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2021642860/ |website=www.loc.gov |language=en |date=1932 |quote=Part of: Annenberg Space for Photography Collection of Exhibition Prints, selected prints from the exhibition entitled Beauty CULTure}}</ref> [[Enid Stamp-Taylor]],<ref name="rarefilmposters/o-kay">{{cite web |title=O-KAY FOR SOUND |url=https://www.rarefilmposters.com/product/o-kay-for-sound-2/ |website=Rare Film Posters |access-date=5 July 2025}}</ref> [[Lilian Harvey]],<ref name="rarefilmposters/lilian-harvey">{{cite web |title=Lilian Harvey |url=https://www.rarefilmposters.com/product/lilian-harvey/ |website=Rare Film Posters |access-date=5 July 2025}}</ref> [[Carole Lombard]],<ref name="gettyimages/3300001">{{cite web |last1=Dyar |first1=Otto |author1-link=Otto Dyar |title=Carole Lombard in striped bathrobe poses arms akimbo on steps leading up to backyard swimming pool |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/american-actress-carole-lombard-who-starred-in-mack-news-photo/3300001 |website=[[Getty Images]] |publisher=[[Hulton Archive]] |language=en-us |date=1935 |quote=Carole Lombard (Jane Alice Peters, 1908 - 1942) who starred in Mack Sennett's comedies before joining Paramount in 1930. She married and divorced actor William Powell, before marrying screen hearthrob Clark Gable. She died in an aircrash.}}</ref>