Mehemed Fehmy Agha

Agha grew up with many cultural influances ranging from such geographically diverse places as Turkey, Russia, France, and Germany. He eventually began working in New York for Condé Nast publications as an art director for such magazines as Vogue, and shown here, Vanity Fair.


The design is described as Art Deco, characterized by its bold use of form and color, and its clean and rigid lines. These lines are often called streamlines (a piece might be referred to as being streamlined) for the way that the details are less important in organic objects. In this way, a person becomes a broad caricature but still bold and stong in resemblance.