In Spring or Fall 1951 Garbo approached fashion and society portraitist George Hoyningen- Heune (1900-1968) to do some photos for her passport. Several photographs were made at an afternoon in Los Angeles. Hoyningen Heune published the photos, for Harper's Bazaar in April 1952.
George Hoyningen Huene had admired Garbo since the early 1920's. He first saw her in G.W.Pabst's The Joyless Street. In his middle age he would become a friend, but in that period he only thought: "Here was an entirely new type of cinema actress, a contemporary girl, different and fresh. She seemed to have a naturalness combined with a mysterious quality of dignified pathos and unrequited love. I could never forget her." Hoyningen Huene had the greatest respect for great talents, and struck up the closest of relationships with Hepburn and Garbo. He once recounted an amusing story about Garbo.
They met in New England at a house party, and she wouldn't give him the time of day! The next morning, there she was at his window, at dawn. "Come on out for a walk," she offered, and off they went through the woods. After that they always kept in touch. from The photographic art of Hoyningen Huene. Hoyningen-Heune may have photographed Garbo a second time during this period in 1951/1952 but no details are known. Garbo also appears in candid shots taken by his well-known protégé, Horst.
