Timed with New York City’s heightened focus on fashion, Defining Fashion presents the work of pioneering photographers whose vision and craft shaped the industry from behind the lens. Featuring Richard Avedon, Peter Lindbergh, Robert Mapplethorpe, Arthur Elgort, Horst P. Horst, Helmut Newton, and William Klein, the exhibition honors photographers who didn’t merely document fashion—they defined its very identity. They pushed boundaries, created new narratives, built the careers of icons, and influenced generations to come.

PETER LINDBERGH
Sasha with Bolex, French Vogue, Le Touquet, France, 2006


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HELMUT NEWTON
Paris (leash), 1977


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RICHARD AVEDON
Jean Shrimpton, Evening Dress by Cardin, Paris Studio, January, 1970


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WILLIAM KLEIN
Nina + Simone, Piazza di Spagna, Rome (Vogue), 1960


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ARTHUR ELGORT
Kate Moss, Brasserie Lipp, Paris, 1993


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HORST P. HORST
Mainbocher Corset, Paris, 1939


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ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE
Lisa Lyon, 1982


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