Gjon Mili (November 28, 1904 – February 14, 1984) was an Albanian photographer from Korçë who developed his profession in America, best known for his work published in Life, in which he photographed artists such as Pablo Picasso.

Learn about Gjon Mili, one of the many photographers for LIFE who captured some of the most iconic pictures from the US & around the World.

On the beach at Golfe-Juan in 1968, Gjon Mili captured Pablo Picasso reveling in two of his artistic obsessions: the mask and the minotaur, a mythical half-bull, half-man that featured prominently in much of the artist’s work.

Mili was a pioneer in the portrayal of movement in photography. Not only did his engineering of photographic lighting tools and techniques in the 1930s change the possibilities for depicting movement, but his photographs themselves altered the public's general understanding of …

Gjon Mili (November 28, 1904 – February 14, 1984) was an Albanian photographer from Korçë who developed his profession in America, best known for his work published in Life, in which he photographed artists such as Pablo Picasso.

Gjon Mili earned fame in the 1950s when he photographed Pablo Picasso drawing with light—it was one of several cutting-edge projects Mili produced while working freelance for LIFE magazine.

Dec 19, 2003 · Mili was a pioneer in the portrayal of movement in photography. Not only did his engineering of photographic lighting tools and techniques in the 1930s change the possibilities for depicting movement, but his photographs themselves altered the public's general understanding of motion in general.

Gjon Mili was an American photographer born in 1904 in Korçë, Manastir Vilayet, which was then part of the Ottoman Empire. View Gjon Mili’s 178 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.

Gjon Mili, b. 1904 in Korçë, southern Albania, came to United States in 1923. Best known for the photography published in LIFE magazine, his contribution to culture goes way beyond that....

Aug 22, 2021 · Gjon Mili was one of the first photographers to use electronic flash to light a picture and to stop motion. Gjon Mili immigrated to the United States in 1923 from Albania where he was born in 1904. He went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and studied electrical engineering earning his degree in 1927.