The 7 photograph's that changed fashion

This week I watched a short documentary by the famous photographer Rankin. In this film it shows Rankin recreating 7 images in his eye's ,changed fashion.
He showed photo's by some of the 20th centuries most significant  photographers including: David Bailey, Cecil Beaton and Erwin Blumenfeld.

I found it very interesting to see what was seen as 'game changing' as I feel in the world we live in today, nothing comes as a shocker and almost anything is exceptable in the art world. for example when Rankin re-shot Herb Ritts' Original photo 'Fred with tires' It hadn't even crossed my mind that being a male model was not popular in that time. In the 21st century It is very popular to see famous footballers shot in next to nothing.

The photographer that stood out to me the most was Helmut Newton.
Newton was recognized as the photographer who transformed fashion photography from beautifully poised pictures to  risque provocative poses.

The image by newton shown in the documentary featured an androgynous woman standing; hair slicked back, sporting a tuxedo, a cigarette and a beautiful naked woman in  hazily lit Rue Aubriot. This created a iconic movement in fashion and photography. It was VERY rare in that time to see a woman sporting pants let alone a tuxedo and posing sexually with a nude woman. This image is one of over 200 photographs that range from Polaroids to vast canvases that are currently showing at Paris’ Grande Palais.



Helmut Newton, Yves Saint Laurent, Rue Aubriot, Vogue France, 1975, Paris
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