The Art of Fashion Photography

Overview

Fashion is aligned with many areas of the art world but none so more than in the realm of photography. Fashion photography has its well-known greats but there are some who have been forgotten along the way. The QUT Art Museum will help us remember one of these greats as they present a National Gallery of Australia retrospective of the photographs of Anton Bruehl.

The Australian born photographer created one of the most famous and inventive studios in New York during the decade when magazines and advertising agencies were switching over to photographic rather than graphic art illustration. Best known for his elaborately staged, densely coloured advertisements and theatrical tableaux, he created inventive and perfectly realised photographs for magazines such as Vogue and Vanity Fair and was a leader in the new field of colour photography.

To explore the work of this creative and the ideas fashion in art and photography, QUT have put together a panel of national fashion photographers, style makers, artists and curators. Held in conjunction with the Queensland Festival of Photography, head along to the QUT Art Museum to become an overnight expert on the questions of art and fashion. Plus there will be ‘light refreshments’ which are always sure to a draw card.