Visitors are invited to immerse themselves in the Studio’s world of the wartime and post-war years, through an original selection drawn from the photographer’s personal archives. The exhibition brings together his colour fashion photographs produced for the press, magazine covers, his “100 best” selection of inspiring photos and research that covered a screen from his studio, sometimes used as backdrop for sessions, advertisements, fashion series and other experiments.
By including photographs made prior to Erwin Blumenfeld’s arrival in the USA in 1941, after he was pushed out of France by the war, the exhibition highlights the photographer’s artistic vision as well as the impact of the contributions and constraints of artistic directors on his work.
Also, an application developed for the event provides reportages and exclusive video comments by the curators, Nadi Blumenfeld Charbit, granddaughter of Erwin Blumenfeld, and François Cheval, former director of the Nicéphore Nièpce Museum, co-director of the new Lianzhou Museum for Photography and founder of The Red Eye.
Studio Blumenfeld New York 1941-1960, l’art en contrebande
The exhibition is part of the Mois de la Photo du Grand Paris
From 3rd March to 4th June 2017
Les Dock, Cité de la Mode et du Design
Entrée de la Cité
34, quai d’Austerlitz
75013 Paris
France
www.citemodedesign.fr
