erwin blumenfeld was a german born photographer who took pictures his entire life, but only began fashion photography shortly before his fortieth birthday.  he worked with vogue, harper’s bazaar and did advertising images for a number of major brands.  these images are from the 30s and 40s when he was focused on exploring abstraction and distortion.  i think these are really amazing, and timeless enough that they could be at home today in the pages of dazed and confused.  showstudio has a great summary of his life and work where you can see more.