Mary Hilliard

American

For nearly four decades, photographer Mary Hilliard was society’s secret weapon. A woman in a world of male photographers, she was as svelte and chic as the decked-out doyennes she captured at black-tie parties all over New York. Everyone—especially ladies with surnames like Astor, Bloomingdale, Vanderbilt, and Kempner—trusted her to make them look fabulous.