Gösta Peterson (1923–2017) was a Swedish-American photographer whose fashion photographs were widely published in the editorial pages of magazines including Elle, Esquire, Essence, Harper’s Bazaar, Mademoiselle, Marie Claire, and The New York Times, from the late 1950s to the late 1980s.
In the 1960s, Bea Feitler, the former Art Director for Harper’s Bazaar, Ms., and Rolling Stone said, “The most interesting fashion pages now – the ones that say the most about our times – are Gösta Peterson’s for Mademoiselle.” The photographer Duane Michals called him, “underrated.”
These vintage photos are part of his work that Gösta Peterson took fashion portraits of classic beauties in the 1960s.
Pam Barkentin, the red lip, photo by Gosta Peterson, Mademoiselle, October 1962
Diane Kinney, Sidney Stires, and Thorne Crouter, photo by Gosta Peterson, Mademoiselle, August 1963
Iris Bianchi in a Jantzen bathing suit, photo by Gosta Peterson, Mademoiselle, January 1963
Martha Stewart, seated, and Averil Crosby, photo by Gosta Peterson, Mademoiselle, August 1963
Model Agneta Frieberg (right) at the Montego Bay Country Club, photo by Gosta Peterson, Mademoiselle, May 1964
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