Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: le thor , france - death date: april 15 , 1971 1898 - spouse: nina - children: son , nikita - birth date: 1898 - name: alexey brodovitch - ethnicity: russian - birthname: alexey cheslavovich brodovitch - image: alexey brodovitch.jpg - birth place: ogolitchi , russian empire -lrb- now belarus -rrb- - occupation: art director , photographer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of alexey brodovitch .
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alexey cheslavovich brodovitch -lrb- also brodovich ; ; 1898 -- april 15 , 1971 -rrb- was a russian-born photographer , designer and instructor who is most famous for his art direction of fashion magazine '' harper 's bazaar '' from 1934 to 1958 .