150 remarkable and memorable photographic portraits from that unique barometer of cultural zeitgeist - Vanity Fair magazine - will go on display this summer at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Vintage works from Vanity Fair’s early period (1913 - 1936) are displayed alongside photographs featured in the magazine since its relaunch (1983) to the present day. Those depicted include some of the most influential individuals of the modern age, with sitters ranging from Claude Monet, Amelia Earhart and Jesse Owens, to David Hockney, Arthur Miller and Madonna, and Hollywood luminaries from Charlie Chaplin and Greta Garbo to Jack Nicolson and Julia Roberts.
The portraits showcase the work of many of the most renowned photographers of the twentieth century, including Baron De Meyer, Edward Steichen, Cecil Beaton and Man Ray, as well as examples by celebrated contemporaries such as Annie Leibovitz, Mario Testino, Helmut Newton and Herb Ritts.
Edinburgh is the second and only other UK venue for this important touring exhibition which comes to us from the National Portrait Gallery, London, in collaboration with Vanity Fair.
A collaboration between Vanity Fair and the National Portrait Gallery. Vanity Fair is a registered trademark of Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.
Exhibition sponsored in Edinburgh by Lloyds TSB Scotland.
