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Dior / Lindbergh : Studio
Peter Lindbergh was a proponent of a naturalist approach to photography, which was often at odds with the stereotypes published in magazines.
“The responsibility of photographers today is to free women from the terror of youth and perfection.”
His constant quest for the “truth” of his subject, free from artifice, is a testament to his wish to affirm women’s identities by way of their unique nature. “Beauty is not a question of geometry, classicism, or perfection,” he stated. “Beauty comes from strength of character, a question or a worry that sparks an expression, the experience reflected in a face.*”
The photographs on display in this room were also taken for the Dior shoot in New York in 2018. The play on contrast between black and white, a favoured tool of this photographer who deemed it more “authentic” than colour, amplifies the intimacy established within the walls of the studio. He emphasises this series of women with raw faces wearing the most sumptuous of evening gowns. “My photographs clearly show texture: fabrics, surfaces, skin, pores, imperfections,” he explained. This is how Peter Lindbergh was able to capture the fragility at the heart of humans.
*Annick Cojean, interview with Peter Lindbergh, Le Monde, 18 September 2010.
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Ateliers of Dreams
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Dior / Lindbergh : Studio
Peter Lindbergh was a proponent of a naturalist approach to photography, which was often at odds with the stereotypes published in magazines.
“The responsibility of photographers today is to free women from the terror of youth and perfection.”
His constant quest for the “truth” of his subject, free from artifice, is a testament to his wish to affirm women’s identities by way of their unique nature. “Beauty is not a question of geometry, classicism, or perfection,” he stated. “Beauty comes from strength of character, a question or a worry that sparks an expression, the experience reflected in a face.*”
The photographs on display in this room were also taken for the Dior shoot in New York in 2018. The play on contrast between black and white, a favoured tool of this photographer who deemed it more “authentic” than colour, amplifies the intimacy established within the walls of the studio. He emphasises this series of women with raw faces wearing the most sumptuous of evening gowns. “My photographs clearly show texture: fabrics, surfaces, skin, pores, imperfections,” he explained. This is how Peter Lindbergh was able to capture the fragility at the heart of humans.
*Annick Cojean, interview with Peter Lindbergh, Le Monde, 18 September 2010.