SKIN: Photography exhibitions this year

By Angelina Puschkarski

The National Portrait Gallery announced last month the opening of a major Audrey Hepburn photography exhibition: Audrey Hepburn: Portraits of an Icon.

The exhibition will bring together a remarkable selection of classic as well as rarely seen photographs of the celebrated film star, fashion icon and humanitarian. Her life and career will be explored from July this year coinciding with the 65th anniversary of Hepburn’s little known career-changing performance at the West End night club Ciro’s.

Audrey Hepburn by Cecil Beaton, 1954 © The Cecil Beaton Studio Archive at Sothebys; Audrey Hepburn photographed wearing a dress by Givenchy by Norman Parkinson, 1955 © Norman Parkinson Ltd/Courtesy Norman Parkinson Archive.

AUDREY HEPBURN: PORTRAITS OF AN ICON
The exhibition runs from 2 July until 18 October 2015 at the National Portrait Gallery, London

Admission charges: Including voluntary donation: Adult £10 / Concessions £8.50
Standard price: Adult: £9 / Concessions £7.50

Another worth visiting photography exhibition that ends this month on the 4th is Horst: Photographer of Style at the V&A.

Horst P Horst, Muriel Maxwell, American Vogue, 1939 © Condé Nast / Horst Estate — Horst P Horst, Muriel Maxwell, American Vogue, 1939
© Condé Nast / Horst Estate

Horst P. Horst (1906–1999) was one of the leading photographers of the 20th-century. In his illustrious career, Horst traversed the worlds of art, fashion, theatre and high society and was one of Vogue’s star photographers. This retrospective exhibition explores and presents his most iconic fashion images as well as less known work.