Born 1909, American photographer Eric Carpenter was another Clarence Bull assistant who moved into the M-G-M portrait gallery in the 1940s when Bull began to spend more time managing the photo department.
Carpenter did especially well with the crop of young actresses who shot to fame in the 1940s: Judy Garland, Ingrid Bergman, Ava Gardner, and Donna Reed. When the studio closed down its gallery in the 1960s, he continued as a unit still photographer.
Carpenter died in 1976 in Hollywood, California at the age of 66. These glamorous photos are part of his work that Eric Carpenter took portraits of classic beauties in the 1940s and 1950s.
Ann Sothern by Eric Carpenter, circa 1940
Lana Turner from Ziegfeld Girl by Eric Carpenter, 1941
Judy Garland from ‘For Me and My Gal’ by Eric Carpenter, 1942
Judy Garland from ‘For Me and My Gal’ by Eric Carpenter, 1942
Judy Garland from ‘For Me and My Gal’ by Eric Carpenter, 1942
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