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Photograph

1981 (made)

Personal picture taken on American Vogue session, July 1981, gelatin-silver print, Arthur Elgort, SOS number 57

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Object type
Photograph
Brief description
Personal picture taken on American Vogue session, July 1981, gelatin-silver print, Arthur Elgort, SOS number 57
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    Gallery label
    (07 03 2014)
    ‘Selling Dreams: One Hundred Years of Fashion Photography’, 2014. Label text:

    Arthur Elgort (b.1940)
    Wendy Whitelaw, Park Avenue
    Personal picture taken on American Vogue fashion shoot, 1981

    Elgort’s photograph could be a paparazzo shot of a young film star in New York. In fact, the woman is the glamorous makeup artist Whitelaw. There are two voyeurs here: the photographer, who captures her figure from behind and the man to the left of the picture, who casually sits on a car, watching her approach.

    Gelatin silver print
    Given by Arthur Elgort
    Museum no. PH.3-1986
    Collection
    Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
    Accession number
    PH.3-1986

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    Record createdJune 30, 2009
    Record URL
    https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1061099/photograph/
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