International Centre of Photography.

On the Vanity Fair website they ran an article on an ICP exhibition which showed artists that are respected and influenced by the fashion industry. The exhibition is called ‘Dress Codes’ and is described as featuring ‘artists whose work, to varying degrees, examines fashion in relation to wider social and cultural issues.’

Whilst looking at the ICP website I came across other exhibitions/collections they have relating to the theme of fashion.These include:

This Is Not a Fashion Photograph. A different and interesting concept as it takes photographs from the ICP main collection. These photos were not intended to be fashion photographs, but because of their use of style to express one’s self they have become iconic contemporary photographs.

Weird Beauty: Fashion Photography Now. Looks at the ‘most innovative fashion photography of the last few years’. The photographers who the work belongs to sometimes take their inspiration from art and also narrative, both of which are under my theme.  Included are photographs, tear sheets and magazine covers, could consider all of these medias for my exhibitions or for the publicising of it e.g. posters etc.

David Seidner: Paris Fashions, 1945. Taking wire dolls from an exhibiting advertising scheme from 1945, David Seidner photographed them dressed in Christian Dior inspired designs to capture the essence of French style. The photos are remembering a moment in history, a revolution in style after the second world war. The ICP displayed his photographs alongside one of the wire dolls, this could be taken into consideration if using his work or as a combination of materials and style reflecting the fashion industry.  An idea at the moment could be to place them next to Susan Freda’s wire dresses.

Avedon Fashion 1944–2000. Shows the work of Richard Avedon and his editorial shots that ‘revolutionized fashion photography’ after world war two. His work tries to combines a range of art form high to commercial including fashion itself. When photography for magazines he added a movement and energy that livened up Europeans static approach to fashion.