THE Getty Museum in Los Angeles has announced an upcoming summer exhibition showcasing 100 years of fashion photography. Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography, 1911-2011 features over 160 photographs from the museum’s photography archive, as well as loaned pieces. Alongside the photographs, will be costumes, illustrations, magazine covers, videos and advertisements.
Kate Moss, negative 1994; print 2017, Glen Luchford (British, born 1968). Gelatin silver print, image: 39.8 × 53.2 cm (15 11/16 × 20 15/16 in.) © Glen Luchford Object Credit: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Gift of Glen and Tanya Luchford
Stephanie, Cindy, Christy, Tatjana, Naomi, Hollywood, 1989, Herb Ritts (American, 1952 – 2002). Gelatin silver print, image: 46.8 × 50.3 cm (18 7/16 × 19 13/16 in.) © Herb Ritts Foundation The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Gift of Herb Ritts Foundation
Visitors will see the work of renowned fashion photographers such as Richard Avedon, Nick Knight, Helmut Newton, Irving Penn and Tim Walker. Pieces by lesser-known, but influential artists including Gleb Derujinsky, Corinne Day, Toni Frissell, and Kourken Pakchanian will also be on display.
Miss M, negative 1988; print 2011, Jean-Baptiste Mondino (French, born 1949). Chromogenic print, Image: 40.6 × 31.8 cm (16 × 12 1/2 in.) © Jean-Baptiste Mondino, courtesy of M+B Gallery, Los Angeles. Courtesy of M+B Gallery and the artist
Diana Newman, 1966, Neal Barr (American, born 1932). Gelatin silver print, 43.2 × 35.3 cm (17 × 13 7/8 in.) © Neal Barr Object Credit: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
Purchased with funds provided by the Photographs Council
Alana Zimmer for Italian Vogue, 2007, Richard Burbridge (British). Chromogenic print.
Framed: 55.9 × 71.1 cm (22 × 28 in.) © Richard Burbridge
Curator of the exhibition, Paul Martineau said, “In 2010, we began working to strengthen the Museum’s collection of fashion photographs in the hopes of creating a foundation on which we could build a groundbreaking exhibition.” He added, “I continue to be intrigued by the ability of some fashion photographs to transcend their original commercial function in order to be considered true works of fine art.”
by Tom Halford
Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography, 1911-2011 is open from June 26 until October 21 2018 at the J. Paul Getty Museum.