“From Athena to Aphrodite” is a group exhibit which examines the representation of women in photography from 1864 to the present. Included in the show are photographs by Berenice Abbott, Nobuyoshi Araki, Cecil Beaton, Bill Brandt, Guy Bourdin, Julia-Margaret Cameron, Etienne Carjat, Walker Evans, François Fontaine, Gisèle Freund, Louis Faurer, Ron Galella, Claude Gassian, Philippe Halsman, Frank Horvat, Sam Levin, Peter Lindbergh, Man Ray, Sally Mann, Robert Mapplethorpe, Lisette Model, Eadweard Muybridge, Bettina Rheims, Thomas Ruff, August Sander, Lise Sarfati, Jean-Loup Sieff, Edward Steichen, Sasha Stone, Paul Strand, Patrick Swirc, Weegee, Joel Peter Witkin and Monsieur X.
The exhibition is a celebration of feminity in all its forms, from portraits of intellectuals, celebrities and unknowns to nude studies. The majority of the prints were selected from the Estates of Harry H. Lunn Jr. and Adrian Van Der Have as a tribute to the excellence of their eye for photographic art.
The exhibition will be on view at Torch Gallery, Amsterdam until March 30th and at Photo Vivienne, Paris from April 13th to May 4th.
From Athena to Aphrodite
Through March 30th 2013
Torch Gallery
Lauriergracht 94
1016 RN Amsterdam
The Netherlands
E-mail : [email protected]
Open : Thursday, Friday & Saturday from 12 pm to 6 pm and by appointment.
From Athena to Aphrodite
From April 13th to May 4th, 2013
Photo Vivienne
4, Galerie Vivienne
75002 Paris
France
E-mail : [email protected]
Open : Tuesday to Friday from 2 pm to 7 pm, Saturday from 11 am to 7 pm and by appointment.
