Behind The Camera
Vanity Fair has always possessed a highly artistic approach to celebrity portraiture.
Ever since the Jazz Age, the magazine’s principal photographers have had a foot in both worlds – art and photography. Man Ray, a pioneer of Dadaism, was one of the magazine’s Paris portraitists. Photographer Cecil Beaton excelled as an illustrator, writer and caricaturist; later, he designed costumes and stage sets. Edward Steichen, who first gained reknown as an artist and photographer, was also among the 20th century’s foremost curators.
In recent times, the magazine has continued to employ the world’s most talented photographers. Harry Benson, Annie Leibovitz, Helmut Newton, Herb Ritts, Mario Testino and Bruce Weber are but a handful of the many artists who have created the iconic photographic portraits of the last twenty-five years whilst pushing the envelope of the genre.
