Karl Gernot Kuehn interview, circa 1988, circa 1988
Scope and Contents
Robert L. Green interviews photographer Karl Gernot Keuhn about his life and career as a photographer. They spend a considerable amount of time discussing Gernot Keuhn's project photographing elderly female Hollywood celebrities, and view photographs taken by Keuhn.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1988
Creator
- Kuehn, Karl Gernot, 1940- (1940-) (Person)
- Green, Robert Lamont (1918-1997) (Person)
Language of Materials
English Latin
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Biographical / Historical
Karl Gernot Kuehn is an internationally known photographer and scholar who teaches history of photography at California State Northridge and UCL. German born, Gernot Kuehn studied at USC and California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA), taking cinema and American studies courses (1960-1964), and later received a BA in art (1990) and a MA in art history (1992) from California State University, Northridge (CSUN). He worked as a film editor for the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) from 1964 to 1969, after which he continued working as a freelance editor. From 1980 to 1997 he taught creative photography and the history of photography at Otis/Parsons School of Art and Design, UCLA , and CSUN.
Biographical / Historical
"Robert Lamont Green, a men's fashion editor, consultant and lecturer who was the fashion director of Playboy magazine for more than 20 years, has died at age 79. ... Mr. Green was a familiar figure in the New York fashion world of the 1960s and '70s. Called Robert L. by his friends and associates, he was widely known for his wit, his skills as a raconteur and his many parties. At Playboy, from 1958 to 1975, he strengthened the magazine's fashion coverage and increased its presence in the fashion world by organizing special events and founding the Caswell-Massey Awards, which later became Playboy's Creative Men's Wear Awards. ... He occasionally appeared on "The Merv Griffin Show," "The Mike Douglas Show," "Tonight" show and "Today" show. He also wrote a book, "Live With Style," as well as articles for Architectural Digest and other publications. In 1983, he moved to Los Angeles and became a fashion consultant to the TV and film industries. After graduating from Michigan State University, Mr. Green worked as a child psychologist until he served in the Army during World War II. Settling in Washington after his discharge, he started a public relations agency and became the host of a CBS radio program dealing with musical theater." Chicago Tribune, Obituary, 1997
Robert Green made a considerable contribution to the Oral History Program at the Fashion Institute of Technology's Gladys Marcus Library throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s."
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Physical Description
Original media: 2 audio cassettes
General
Karl Gernot Kuehn is an internationally known photographer and scholar who teaches history of photography at California State Northridge and UCL. German born, Gernot Kuehn studied at USC and California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA), taking cinema and American studies courses (1960-1964), and later received a BA in art (1990) and a MA in art history (1992) from California State University, Northridge (CSUN). He worked as a film editor for the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) from 1964 to 1969, after which he continued working as a freelance editor. From 1980 to 1997 he taught creative photography and the history of photography at Otis/Parsons School of Art and Design, UCLA , and CSUN.
General
"Robert Lamont Green, a men's fashion editor, consultant and lecturer who was the fashion director of Playboy magazine for more than 20 years, has died at age 79. ... Mr. Green was a familiar figure in the New York fashion world of the 1960s and '70s. Called Robert L. by his friends and associates, he was widely known for his wit, his skills as a raconteur and his many parties. At Playboy, from 1958 to 1975, he strengthened the magazine's fashion coverage and increased its presence in the fashion world by organizing special events and founding the Caswell-Massey Awards, which later became Playboy's Creative Men's Wear Awards. ... He occasionally appeared on "The Merv Griffin Show," "The Mike Douglas Show," "Tonight" show and "Today" show. He also wrote a book, "Live With Style," as well as articles for Architectural Digest and other publications. In 1983, he moved to Los Angeles and became a fashion consultant to the TV and film industries. After graduating from Michigan State University, Mr. Green worked as a child psychologist until he served in the Army during World War II. Settling in Washington after his discharge, he started a public relations agency and became the host of a CBS radio program dealing with musical theater." Chicago Tribune, Obituary, 1997
Robert Green made a considerable contribution to the Oral History Program at the Fashion Institute of Technology's Gladys Marcus Library throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s."
General
Published
Subject
- Kuehn, Karl Gernot, 1940- (1940-) (subject, Person)
- Green, Robert Lamont (1918-1997) (subject, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and FIT Archive Repository