A Nuanced Art
A Nuanced Art
August 19, 2024
![Isabelle Wenzel_Leg up 1, , 2021 (c) Isabelle Wenzel](https://lfi-online.de/webfile/img/9272065/Isabelle-Wenzel_Leg-up-1-2021-c-Isabelle-Wenzel.jpg?x=800&y=800)
Isabelle Wenzel, Leg up 1, 2021
© Isabelle Wenzel
The delicate beginnings of fashion photography can be found in images from the 1920s and 1930s. Yva (born Else Ernestine Neulaender), for example, portrayed her models with an elegant restraint. From 1927 onwards, she specialised in studio work for newspapers and magazines – replacing elaborate sets and historical props with modern techniques, distinguished by blurred lighting and minimalist environments.
Comprising around 160 photographs, the exhibition illustrates the many ways in which fashion photography has been pushing boundaries for almost a century to date, and highlights the interconnection between fashion, historical contexts and societal transformations.
The showcase also includes works by Eve Arnold, Sibylle Bergemann, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gerti Deutsch, Lotte Jacobi, Barbara Klemm, Hermann Landshoff, Robert Lebeck, Cristina de Middel, Inge Morath, Ruth Orkin, Martin Parr, Alex Webb, Donata Wenders and Isabelle Wenzel, amongst others.
![Isabelle Wenzel_Leg up 1, , 2021 (c) Isabelle Wenzel](https://lfi-online.de/webfile/img/9272065/Isabelle-Wenzel_Leg-up-1-2021-c-Isabelle-Wenzel.jpg?x=800&y=800)
Isabelle Wenzel, Leg up 1, 2021
© Isabelle Wenzel
![Hermann Landshoff, Modeaufnahme, Modelle Lynda Leigh und Theresa Mall, 1958 (c) bpk - Münchener Stadtmuseum, Sammlung Fotografie, Archiv Landshoff](https://lfi-online.de/webfile/img/9272066/Hermann-Landshoff-Modeaufnahme-Modelle-Lynda-Leigh-und-Theresa-Mall-1958-c-bpk-Muenchener-Stadtmuseum-Sammlung-Fotografie-Archiv-Landshoff.jpg?x=800&y=800)
Hermann Landshoff, fashion photograph, models: Lynda Leigh and Theresa Mall, 1958
© bpk – Münchener Stadtmuseum, Sammlung Fotografie, Archiv Landshoff
![Inge Morath, Die Schöne und das Biest, Paris, Frankreich, 1954, (c) Magnum Photos - Estate Inge Morath courtesy Fotohof Archiv Salzburg](https://lfi-online.de/webfile/img/9272067/Inge-Morath-Die-Schoene-und-das-Biest-Paris-Frankreich-1954-c-Magnum-Photos-Estate-Inge-Morath-courtesy-Fotohof-Archiv-Salzburg.jpg?x=800&y=800)
Inge Morath, Beauty and the Beast, Paris, France, 1954, Beauty and the Beast themed fashion show, Champs-Elysees, Paris, 1954 © Magnum Photos / Inge Morath Estate courtesy Fotohof archiv