A Heady Relationship: Fashion Photography and the Museum, 1979 to the Present

Author: Williams, Val

Source: Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture, Volume 12, Number 2, June 2008 , pp. 197-218(22)

Publisher: Berg Publishers

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Abstract:

This article looks at the relationship between fashion photography and the museum between 1979 to the present, giving particular attention to the emergence of fashion photography as a part of museum programming in the late 1970s. It explores the often uneasy relationship between photographers and their fashion practice and the ways in which the museum has used fashion photography to increase and democratize audience.

Keywords: FASHION; PHOTOGRAPHY; MUSEUMS; EXHIBITIONS

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.2752/175174108X299998

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