Camera Work Gallery, in Berlin, opens this week an exhibition dedicated to German model and actress Claudia Schiffer. The group show, an homage to Claudia Schiffer and her work with famous photographers, includes hundred of photographs and is probably the biggest exhibition dedicated to her so far. The photobook of the same title is being published by Rizzoli Publishing House (international issue) and Prestel Publishing House (German issue). After her breakthrough as a model at the age of seventeen, Claudia Schiffer is celebrating her thirtieth anniversary as a supermodel this year. Already her first professional photographs created by Ellen von Unwerth made her world famous and aroused the interest of numerous fashion designers, Karl Lagerfeld being among them. In the 1990s, Claudia Schiffer emerged as a member of the famous group of supermodels with Cindy Crawford, Tatjana Patitz, Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington. The selection of the exhibited works covers a timespan from the late 1980s until 2011 and presents famous fashion photographs, portraits and nudes. More than fifteen artists show their pieces in which they present Claudia Schiffer’s elegance, dignity and her artistic understanding. Ellen von Unwerth’s photographs underline Claudia Schiffer’s sex appeal, Miles Aldridge plays with her mutability, Herb Ritts praises her classic beauty and Camilla Akrans cites art history with the help of the German supermodel. The range of the photographs shows Claudia Schiffer’s career and illustrates her role in the history of fashion culture. Moreover, the works also unveil the exceptional synergy between her and the photographers.
Claudia Schiffer
September 23 to November 11, 2017
CWC Gallery
Auguststrasse 11–13
10117 Berlin
Germany
