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07.10.11 - 12.11.11 Jerusalem
09.07.11 - 24.09.11 Made in Hungary
24.02.11 - 21.04.11 Sohei Nishino - The Diorama Map Series
09.12.10 - 31.01.11 Leopoldo Pomés - Vintage Prints
22.10.10 - 20.11.10 Mary McCartney
09.09.10 - 16.10.10 Shomei Tomatsu
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28.04.10 - 26.06.10 Miroslav Tichy
14.01.10 - 25.04.10 Fernand Fonssagrives
04.12.09 - 15.04.10 Winter/Spring Newsletter
25.11.09 - 09.01.10 Weegee-It's a crime to take photogra...
14.10.09 - 21.11.09 Ellen von Unwerth- Fräulein
02.07.09 - 02.12.09 Summer Newsletter
19.06.09 - 13.10.09 A Gallerist's Choice-Group Show
21.04.09 - 26.06.09 Boris Savelev- 31 years
11.03.09 - 20.04.09 Miyako Ishiuchi -1906 to the Skin/Yok...
18.02.09 - 07.03.09 Sergei Vasiliev-Russian Criminal Tattoos
05.02.09 - 01.07.09 Spring/Summer Newsletter
25.11.08 - 20.01.09 Secret City
16.10.08 - 22.11.08 Sarah Moon - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
22.09.08 - 01.01.09 Mixed Show
03.09.08 - 11.10.08 Lucien Hervé
01.08.08 - 18.09.08 Jones Beach - Joseph Szabo
12.06.08 - 01.09.08 Miroslav Tichy
01.06.08 - 15.07.08 Ruth Orkin
17.04.08 - 07.06.08 The New York School
22.02.08 - 05.04.08 Mirella Ricciardi
06.12.07 - 26.01.08 The Bold and the Beautiful
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02.07.07 - 04.08.07 Dr. Harold Edgerton
28.06.07 - 01.08.07 Alfred Eisenstaedt
01.06.07 - 27.06.07 Colin Jones - The Black House
26.04.07 - 17.06.07 Edward Quinn - A Day's Work
03.02.07 - 14.04.07 Fashion
01.02.07 - 10.03.07 Hunter S. Thompson - Gonzo
29.11.06 - 03.01.07 Peter Beard - Time's Up
26.10.06 - 03.11.06 Flip Shulke - Hero
12.10.06 - 14.11.06 David Parker – Sirens II
12.09.06 - 07.10.06 Emil Otto Hoppé - Hoppé's London
23.05.06 - 01.07.06 Botanicals
11.05.06 - 17.06.06 Miroslav Tichy & Jacques Henry Lartigue
01.09.05 - 01.10.05 Ken Griffiths - Three Gorges
23.04.05 - 31.05.05 Sarah Moon - Circus
08.03.05 - 06.04.05 Joseph Szabo - Teenage
24.11.04 - 31.01.05 Peter Beard - Living Sculpture
04.11.04 - 15.01.05 Matthew Pilsbury - Screen Lives
15.09.04 - 30.10.04 David Parker - Sirens
20.11.03 - 17.01.04 Photographs from the Bauhaus
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Ellen von Unwerth- Fräulein
14.10.09 - 21.11.09
Fraulein, Rouilly le Bas 2002
© Ellen von Unwerth courtesy Michael Hoppen Gallery
C-type print
50 x 60 cm
Ellen von Unwerth
Fräulein
14th October- 15th November
Ellen von Unwerth worked as a fashion model for ten years before moving behind the camera. Quoted as saying" (Women) are not just there to be admired, they are there to be enjoyed," her erotically charged images of models, film and music stars are as well known as the subjects of the photographs themselves. The Michael Hoppen Gallery is delighted to announce ‘Fräulein’; a show of personal favourites and never previously seen images from the last 15 years.
The exhibition at Michael Hoppen will take place in collaboration with TASCHEN who will be publishing a major monograph of Ellen von Unwerth’s work, also entitled Fräulein. The text is written by Ingrid Sischy, the former editor in chief of Interview magazine and currently fashion critic at the New Yorker and a contributing editor for Vanity Fair.
The exhibition and monograph celebrate female icons in provocative poses: Claudia Schiffer, Penelope Cruz, Natalie Portman, Kate Moss, Vanessa Paradis, Britney Spears, Eva Mendes, Lindsay Lohan, Dita von Teese, AdrianaLima, Carla Bruni, Eva Green among many others.
Known for her casual, playful attitude on shoots, her lack of pretense is the key to why her photographs resonate – they feel warm, human and fun. Von Unwerth's photography revels in sexual intrigue, femininity, fetishism and sheer joie de vivre. Her subjects are never objectified, even though some may flaunt personal fantasies and others are guarded and secretive, suggesting that we have stumbled into a secret world. Fashion and fantasy are enthrallingly combined in a way no male photographer could dare.
A supermodel before the phrase was truly coined, Ellen von Unwerth is responsible for several books of photography, as well as directing fashion short films and music videos. Top journals such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, Arena, L’uomo Vogue and ID have been addicted to her inimitable fashion photography since she first picked up a camera.
All the work exhibited will be signed limited edition prints, and will be for sale.