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The Vanity model

Vanity Fair Editor David Friend describes how the rebirth of the magazine sated our desire for access into the lives of celebrities and set the standard for the new era of portrait photography.

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Mick Jagger, Madonna and Tony Curtis, 1997
Mick Jagger, Madonna and Tony Curtis, 1997
Hollywood Cover by Annie Leibovitz April, 2001
Hollywood Cover
by Annie Leibovitz April, 2001
Madonna portraying Argentina's Eva Pern, 1996
Madonna portraying Argentina's Eva Pern, 1996
Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard, 1984
Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard, 1984
Liza Minnelli December, 2001
Liza Minnelli December, 2001
Hollywood Cover by Annie Leibovitz, March 2006
Hollywood Cover by Annie Leibovitz, March 2006
Russell Crowe, 1997
Russell Crowe, 1997
Prince William of Wales, 2003
Prince William of Wales, 2003
Cate Blanchett, 2009
Cate Blanchett, 2009
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Prince William of Wales, by Mario Testino, 2003 publ. September 2003. Credit: Mario Testino
Prince William of Wales, by Mario Testino, 2003 publ. September 2003. Credit: Mario Testino
Prince William of Wales, by Mario Testino, 2003 publ. September 2003. Credit: Mario Testino
Prince William of Wales, by Mario Testino, 2003 publ. September 2003. Credit: Mario Testino

Vanity Fair Portraits

Photographs 1913-2008

Previous exhibition, 2009

Vanity Fair Portraits traces the birth and evolution of photographic portraiture through the archives of Vanity Fair magazine.
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