Peter Fetterman Gallery over in Santa Monica is running two exhibitions simultaneously starting this Wednesday. The first is a collection of images from Lillian Bassman's new book "Women" which was just released a few days ago.
"Lillian Bassman: Women” will include more than 50 images (many of them not seen since publication) by the 93-year-old doyenne of 20th Century fashion photography. Ms. Bassman (born 1917 in Brooklyn, New York) was appointed Art Director at Junior Bazaar in 1945, assigning projects to Richard Avedon, Robert Frank and Paul Himmel (her late husband). Two years later, she became the Art Director at Harper’s Bazaar. Known for manipulating the image in the darkroom, she created photographs that are both elegant and avant-garde. She took her most significant images between the late ‘40’s and early 60’s and most were published in Harper’s Bazaar. Abrams has just published a book of her work, “Lillian Bassman: Women.” It will be her second published monograph – the first long out of print and a cherished item for photography and fashion aficionados alike.
LINKAGE
Amazon : Lillian Bassman : Woman
NYT : Femininity, Salvaged (2009)
Popular Photography : A Woman's Camera in a Woman's World (1951)
Popular Photography : Master Lillian Bassman (2008)
Art HERstory: Lillian Bassman (2007)
The second exhibition is called "Faces of Fashion" a who’s-who of fashion photography including Irving Penn, Horst, Hoyningen-Huene, William Klein, Louis Faurer, Douglas Kirkland, Barry Lategan, Eve Arnold, Georges Dambier, and Jean Phillipe Charbonnier, among others.
Both exhibits opens Wed October 7, 2009 and runs till March 7th, 2010.
Peter Fetterman Gallery
Bergamot Station
2525 Michigan Avenue #A7
Santa Monica, CA 90404.
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