Photograph
1981 (made)
Personal picture taken on American Vogue session, July 1981, gelatin-silver print, Arthur Elgort, SOS number 57
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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 | ‘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
(07 03 2014) |
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Accession number | PH.3-1986 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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