IN FOCUS: Since signing on as the major sponsor of New York Fashion Week in February 2004, Olympus has deployed a small army of photographers to capture the action on the runways, in the audience and behind the scenes at the semi-annual shows. The images were posted daily on the Olympus Great Wall of Photography in the lobby of the Bryant Park tents. Olympus recently turned over its archives to Saks Fifth Avenue, which will feature scenes from the tents in 17 of its Fifth Avenue windows during the first two weeks of February, which coincides with fashion week. "We're using the images and cropping them in interesting ways and blowing them up on panels," said Tim Wisgerhof, Saks' window director. "They are these huge monoliths of color abstracted. There's a photo of a model holding M&Ms and shots of makeup, shoes, hemlines, bracelets and people clapping. It's fun to use them in an unexpected way." The images won't be a literal representation of the fashion in the windows. "It's all about the dress," said Wisgerhof. "The dress is one of the huge themes for spring." Elizabeth Lippman, Gerardo Somoza, Don Ashby and Just Loomis are among the photographers whose work will be represented. This is the first time the work is being displayed outside the tents
