If you have ever ogled the iconic fashion photography of Richard Avedon or the black and white vintage prints of Condé Nast, you won’t want to miss this year’s fashion-themed exhibits at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in Midtown West Manhattan. The ICP has declared 2009 the ‘Year of Fashion’ and is celebrating with a six-show series of fashion photography that pays homage to elegance, style and, of course, the art of vogueing for the camera.
First in the series is Edward Steichen: In High Fashion, The Condé Nast Years, 1923-1937 on view from January 16 through May 3, 2009. The Steichen retrospective includes 175 vintage photographs, spanning the full range of his fashion images and celebrity portraiture. Steichen served as chief photographer for Condé Nast’s Vogue and Vanity Fair and revolutionized the field with his sleek Modernism. Many of the images, drawn from the Steiechen Archive at Condé Nast, have never been exhibited before.
One of the most highly anticipated exhibits at the ICP is Avedon Fashion: Photographs, 1944–2000, on view from May 15 through September 6. The exhibit will provide the most comprehensive look to date of Avedon’s fashion photography during his career at Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue and The New Yorker.
The International Center of Photography is located in the heart of midtown Manhattan (1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street). Want to be close-up to the action? Stay in your very own Midtown West apartment and you’ll be steps from the ICP museum, store and café. Consider one of these stylish vacation rentals:
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For more information on ICP’s yearlong line-up of fashion exhibits, visit the ICP’s website.
Have you ever been to the International Center of Photography in New York? Do you have a favorite fashion photographer? Share your comments and experiences with us!
Fortunately for me I have been to the International Center of Photography in New York City and can’t wait to go again. The last time I vacationed in New York I stayed in brooklyn but this time I think I will book my rental accomodations through New York Habitat and stay right in the midst of the action-Midtown West!
I studied photography in school and I absolutely love it. It is not something I think I would want to do for a living, but as a hobby it can be really rewarding. If only I could have a darkroom in my apartment…there are such amazing photo opportunities in New York!
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I would love to have an apartment in New York City that had a tremendous view so that I could just practice my photography by shooting outside my window.
The international Center of Photography is where fashion will sit this year. With there collections of very intriging and world class photographs, I’ll get a chance of a life time to view and relish in them. I’m also besides myself about booking (apartment 12827) listed by New York Habitat to complete my time in the city.
I wish I would have pay more attention to photography class in High School! In my next trip to New York I will try to go to The International Center of Photography.
it’s really great to have come across this information on The International Center of Photography in New York City. On my many visit NYC, I’ve horridly passed by that center on my way into Times Square, Rockefeller Center or a show at Radio city Music Hall and never stop in to view what was going on there. I was always curious and read on different occassions what was posted in the windows. This time I’ll diffinately stop in and spend sometime there.