Other Photographer who shot Garbo
– By Gianni –

Swedish/American artist Ture Sjolander shot Garbo in the early 1970s. See his pics  HERE!

Garbo by Ture Sjolander

Ture also worked on a quite famous book on Garbo.

Garbo (USA 1971)

More info on Ture  HERE!

Made ca. late 1970s. On a cruise with Sam Green. He also photographed her here.

The British photographer Norman Parkinson - whose works for Vogue and Harper's Bazaar made history in the celebrated world of fashion - in 1979 saw the great Garbo walking the streets of New York. He could not resist and took pictures.

Garbo by Norman Parkison

He did what many other more down-to-earth- paparazzi did. How could he miss the most elusive and beautiful celebrity?

Harry Benson in 1976 captured with his lens the "not so reclusive" divine swiming at Antigua, in the Carribean seas and his pictures were succesfully published in magazines and newpapers.

Garbo by Harry Benson

Harry Benson, born in Glasgow, Scotland, is an internationally renowned photographer. His pictures have appeared in many publications including Life, Vanity Fair, People and The New Yorker.

So did Bill Cunningham, who had the chance to photograph Garbo in New York . For decades, Cunningham has been the informal, almost invisible but all-seeing eye of the fashion world, catching images of its traveling troupe of characters—models, designers, stylists, celebrities, and acolytes. Shooting at the corner of New York 's 57th Street and Fifth Avenue.

He has captured fashion's real life. His images, seen in the New York Times, suggest an awareness of the connections between the artifice of the self-conscious world of fashion and the everyday expressions of personal style.

 
Garbo by Bill Cunningham

He still remembers about  "this the woman i had been photographing on the street. She wore a nutria coat, and i thought: 'Look at the cut of that shoulder. It's so beautiful.' it was a plain coat, too. You'd look at it and think: 'Are you crazy? It's nothing.'

Anyway, I was taking her picture, and I saw people turn around, looking at her. She crossed the street, and I thought, Is that? Sure enough, it was Greta Garbo. All I had noticed was the coat, and the shoulder."

Inge Schoental Feltrinelli, famous editor of the famous publishing house Feltrinelli and once photoreporter, in 1952 casually saw Garbo in Madison Avenue.

Garbo by Inge Schoental Feltrinelli

She said: "I was walking in Manhattan and suddenly she was there, close to a traffic light: nobody had recognized her. I looked at her while she was blowing her nose. She looked like ‘Ninotchka', with that wonderful plum-coloured hat. She had a marvellous profile. I took just one shot, and they paid $ 50 for it, a sum that today could be $ 550,00 circa ".

American Paparazzo Ted Leyson haunted and stalked Garbo for nearly 10 years. He made many candid pictures of Garbo. He was kind of obsessive and almost stalked her every day.

Garbo by Ted Leyson

Ted Leyson once said that Greta meant a lot to him as a photographer and that it was his way (a strange way!) to express his admiration and regard for her. Greta always tried to get rid of him, it was like a battle. She called him "that poor little man who's always lurking".