LILLIAN BASSMAN: Redefining Fashion

“[Lillian Bassman] makes visible that heart-breaking invisible place between appearance and the disappearance of things” – Richard Avedon

Atlas Gallery is delighted to present an exhibition of black and white photographs by Lillian Bassman (1917-2012), renowned for her modernising influence on the post-war fashion industry. Working as a fashion photographer and art editor at Harper’s Bazaar in the 1950s – 1970s, she was famous for her high-contrast images of society women, actresses and models. Reworking early negatives in the 1990s, Bassman was able to accentuate the stylised vision she had been exploring in her early career. A selection of photographs from both periods will be on display.