Modern Look
Concept, creative direction, and production for a video series accompany the Jewish Museum’s fashion photography exhibition Modern Look, emulating the bold and graphic magazine layouts of Alexey Brodovitch and Alexander Liberman, optimized for a mobile-first experience.
Antwaun Sargent on Tyler Mitchell
Writer and curator Antwaun Sargent describes how he selected an image by photographer Tyler Mitchell, originally shot for Vogue, as the cover of his book The New Black Vanguard. "When we're looking at images in magazines, we have to think about all the things they are telling us," says Sargent. "These images can open up a world where we can see our identities reflected back to us."
Dario Calmese on the Magazine Cover as a Tool of Protest
Dario Calmese, the first Black photographer to shoot the cover of Vanity Fair, describes how a Nazi propaganda image by Leni Riefenstahl may have influenced a primacy of blondness in American fashion magazines, under the cloak of beauty and aesthetics. "This image, although aesthetically beautiful," says Calmese, ""coated in it is oppression."
Gillian Laub on Margaret Bourke-White
Photographer Gillian Laub describes a photograph of Buchenwald survivors by Margaret Bourke-White that has hung at her desk for the last 15 years. "All of my projects seek to tell human stories—what connects us," says Laub," and really trying to understand the human condition as best as possible."