Vanity: Fashion photography from the F.C. Gundlach Collection at Kunsthalle in Vienna

VIENNA.- Fashion is a manifestation of ideals of beauty and social change, an expressive play between belonging and distinction, communication and trend. Its only constant factor is permanent change. In the sphere of beautiful appearances fashion/photography works in a both anticipatory and historicizing way: it reflects the change it creates. As part of the Kunsthalle Wien’s special photography program, the exhibition Vanity, which presents about two
hundred selected works from the F.C. Gundlach Collection (Hamburg), explores the subject of fashion and photography. [...]

Lisette Blumenfeld Georges, 89, succumbs to complications of Crohn’s Disease

NEW YORK, NY.- Lisette was the first born child of photographer Erwin Blumenfeld from Berlin and Lena Citroen of Amsterdam , cousin of Paul Citroen: Blumenfeld’s best friend. since age 6. Upon her birth Lisette became Blumenfeld’s most photographed model and muse. They lived in Zandvoort on the Zee and then in Ardenhout. Lisette was model and assistant in her youth recalling time spent in an early ‘darkroom’ closet under the staircase. Fantastic chemical experiments took place in the middle of [...]