In his "One Man Shown", Karl Lagerfeld exhibits more than 300 portraits of ... Brad Koenig
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« But since men see more with eyes than soul… »
Fernando Pessoa
A young man – alone, but not lonely. Brad Kroenig has no secrets for the camera. He is completely present and possesses a changeable, masculine charm. Yet he can also be internally absent and full of unknown intuitions.
He moves sleekly through this world of pictures, appearing almost more liberated when undressed than when clothed. Stefan George would have called him an “idealised model of humanity”.
From mythology to modernity is only a small step for Brad. His face and body allow him to express everything perfectly. He “dies” as soon as the spotlight fades, and what remains is the most normal “all American boy” imaginable – from whom we would never have expected all of these transformations.
Karl Lagerfeld
Photo by Karl Lagerfeld
Curator :
Gerhard Steidl
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there's Baron de Meyer, as well ...
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History looks upon Baron Adolphe de Meyer as the first fashion photographer.
The line of the couturier is suggested within/in hazy atmospheres, transparency effects create an impression of lightness.
As a forerunner of contemporary photography, he begins working the light, and managed to catch transparency and made it a key element of his compositions.
Between 1913 and 1924 Baron Adolphe de Meyer dominates, in a pictorialist style, this movement born in the end of the 19th century which gave photography an artistic side.
As soon as he started he took a partner, more specifically thanks to his collaboration with Vogue and Vanity Fair. He photographs mostly the richest social classes. In 1924 he is dethroned by Edward Steichen, hired by Vogue.
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