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"Photographer Arthur Elgort was presented the CFDA Board of Directors&amp;#39; Special Tribute Award at the 2011 CFDA Awards by Vogue&amp;#39;s Grace Coddington for his indelible contribution to fashion over the years.\n\nArthur Elgort is known for photographing the world&amp;#39;s most beautiful women for Vogue magazines around the world.\n\nBorn and raised in New York City, he began taking pictures while studying painting. Realizing that he was too sociable for the lonely life of a painter, he began capturing his friends on film.\n\nHe started by specializing in photos of ballerinas and jazz musicians. In 1971, he became a fashion photographer by shooting for British Vogue. Since that time, he has shot for everyone from Vogue, Teen Vogue, Glamour, Vanity Fair and GQ to Chanel, Valentino, Yves Saint Laurent, Oscar de la Renta and Karl Lagerfeld. Elgort is the author of numerous books including the best selling &amp;quot;Arthur Elgort&amp;#39;s Models Manual,&amp;quot; the definitive book on modeling.\n\nArthur Elgort&amp;#39;s work has been exhibited internationally. He is represented in the permanent collection of the International Center of Photography in New York and in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, as well as in numerous private collections."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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