PETER LINDBERGH | opening exhibition of the Budapest Photo Festival at the Kunsthalle
In 2025, the Budapest Photo Festival will open with the exhibition of the legendary German fashion photographer Peter Lindbergh (1944-2019) in the Műcsarnok, in professional cooperation between the Kunsthalle and the Budapest Photo Festival.
Peter Lindbergh has been one of the most talked-about exponents of fashion photography since the 1980s: a pioneer in photography, he used minimalist means to capture timeless character and redefined the concept of beauty with his unique vision. The unposed naturalness of her portraits, her unconventional vision in the world of advertising and fashion, contrasted with the strictly constructed style of the era, and bucked the current trends in fashion photography. He gained international recognition with his 1988 shoot for American Vogue, in which six models dressed in simple white shirts appear as a group of friends on the beach. The "white shirts" group shot has become an iconic symbol of candid moments and timeless beauty.
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Another epoch-making image in the history of fashion photography is the cover photo of the January 1990 issue of British Vogue, which featured Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, Tatjana Patitz and Christy Turlington together for the first time. This image can be seen as the opening of the supermodel era, with models creating an aura around themselves similar to that of film stars, and becoming the stars of fashion and fashion photography. In addition to the primacy of personality, the representation of the female archetype, the dancer, the femme fatale, the heroine, the role-playing, is as much an essential element of Lindbergh's black and white images as spontaneity and dynamism.
Among the more than 50 photographs in the exhibition are a number of famous shots, including the photographer's personal favourite Angel Story (1993), inspired by Wim Wenders' 1987 film Berlin Above the Sky, and Kate Moss' 1994 portrait from the series A Star is Born. In addition to the mannequin icons of the '90s, there are also special portraits of actors and actresses, including Monica Bellucci, Nicole Kidman and Adrian Brody.
Curator: Zsuzsanna Tulipán
Co-organiser: Szilvia Mucsy
Kunsthalle Budapest
The largest exhibition hall in Budapest, in Heroes Square, just the opposite the Museum of Fine Arts.