Gjon Mili
« Time fould truly be made to stand still. Texture could be retained despite sudden violent movement. »
Trained as an engineer and self-taught in photography, Gjon Mili was the first to use electronic flash and stroboscopic light to create photographs that had more than scientific interest. Since the late 1930s, his pictures of dance, athletics, and musical and theatrical performances have astonished and delighted millions of viewers, revealing the beautiful intricacy and graceful flow of movement too rapid or too complex for the eye to discern. His portraits of artists, musicians, and other notables are less visually spectacular, but equally masterful.
In 1939, Mili became a freelance photographer workign for LIFE. In the course of more than four decades, literally thousands of his pictures were published by LIFE as well as other publication.
Gjon Mili & Alfred Hitchcock :
Images by Gjon Mili
Source: LIFE Archive
Stroboscopic multiple exposure of dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Hitchcock Directing
Stroboscopic multiple exposure of dir. Alfred Hitchcock demonstrating how to point during filming of « Shadow of a Doubt »; Hollywood.
Location: Hollywood, CA, US
Date taken: 1942
Photographer: Gjon Mili
Stroboscopic multiple exposure of dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Hitchcock Directing
Stroboscopic multiple exposure of dir. Alfred Hitchcock demonstrating various actions during filming of « Shadow of a Doubt ».
Location: Hollywood, CA, US
Date taken: 1942
Photographer: Gjon Mili
Stroboscopic multiple exposure of dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Hitchcock Directing
Stroboscopic multiple exposure of dir. Alfred Hitchcock walking and pointing into distance during filming of « Shadow of a Doubt. ».
Location: Hollywood, CA
Date taken: 1942
Photographer: Gjon Mili
Stroboscopic multiple exposure of dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Hitchcock Directing
Multiple exposure of dir. Alfred Hitchcock walking & pointing into distance during filming of « Shadow of a Doubt. ».
Location: Hollywood, CA
Date taken: 1942
Photographer: Gjon Mili
Stroboscopic multiple exposure of dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
Stroboscopic multiple exposure of dir. Alfred Hitchcock acting under direction of photographer Mili; during filming of « Shadow of a Doubt ».
Location: Hollywood, CA, US
Date taken: 1942
Photographer: Gjon Mili
Stroboscopic multiple exposure of dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Hitchcock Directing
Stroboscopic multiple exposure of dir. Alfred Hitchcock demonstrating how to hold handkerchief and wipe his eyes, during filming of « Shadow of a Doubt. ».
Location: Hollywood, CA
Date taken: 1942
Photographer: Gjon Mili
Stroboscopic multiple exposure of dir. Alfred Hitchcock w. actress Teresa Wright
Hitchcock Directing
Stroboscopic multiple exposure of dir. Alfred Hitchcock w. actress Teresa Wright how to struggle during filming of « Shadow of a Doubt »; Hollywood.
Location: Hollywood, CA, US
Date taken: 1942
Photographer: Gjon Mili
Stroboscopic multiple exposure of Teresa Wright & Joseph Cotten
Teresa Wright & Others
Stroboscopic multiple exposure of Teresa Wright & Joseph Cotten talking & struggling as characters from Alfred Hitchcock film « Shadow of a Doubt ».
Location: Hollywood, CA, US
Date taken: 1942
Photographer: Gjon Mili
Stroboscopic multiple exposure of child actress Edna Mae Wonacott
Teresa Wright & Others
Stroboscopic multiple exposure of child actress Edna Mae Wonacott wiping eyes w. handkerchief in « Shadow of a Doubt ».
Location: Hollywood, CA, US
Date taken: 1942
Photographer: Gjon Mili
Scene from "Shadow of a Doubt"
Hitchcock Directing
Alfred Hitchcock (top-C) leaning over porch railing & directing Joseph Cotten & Teresa Wright (top L-R) in scene from « Shadow of a Doubt »; Hollywood.
Location: Hollywood, CA, US
Date taken: 1942
Photographer: Gjon Mili
Actress Teresa Wright
Teresa Wright & Others
Actress Teresa Wright dressed for role in « Shadow of a Doubt ».
Location: Hollywood, CA, US
Date taken: 1942
Photographer: Gjon Mili
Actress Teresa Wright
Teresa Wright & Others
Actress Teresa Wright dressed for role in Alfred Hitchcock film Shadow of a Doubt ».
Location: Hollywood, CA, US
Date taken: 1942
Photographer: Gjon Mili
Actor Joseph Cotten
Teresa Wright & Others
Actor Joseph Cotten in scene from « Shadow of a Doubt ».
Location: Hollywood, CA, US
Date taken: 1942
Photographer: Gjon Mili
Actor Joseph Cotten & actress Teresa Wright
Teresa Wright & Others
Actor Joseph Cotten & actress Teresa Wright in scene from « Shadow of a Doubt ».
Location: Hollywood, CA, US
Date taken: 1942
Photographer: Gjon Mili
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock w. child actress Edna May Wonacott
Alfred Hitchcock
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock w. child actress Edna May Wonacott from cast of « Shadow of a Doubt ».
Location: Hollywood, CA, US
Date taken: 1942
Photographer: Gjon Mili
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock on set of motion picture « Shadow of a Doubt ».
Location: Hollywood, CA, US
Date taken: 1942
Photographer: Gjon Mili
