Burn with Desire & Anti-Glamour @ Ryerson Image Centre

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Burn with Desire & Anti-Glamour @ Ryerson Image Centre

January 21st, 2015 by fstop

Burn with Desire: Photography and Glamour
Anti-Glamour: Portraits of Women
January 21 – April 5, 2015

From Edward Steichen’s iconic portrait of silent film star Gloria Swanson (1924) to Annie Leibovitz’s influential gatefold covers for Vanity Fair’s annual Hollywood issue (1995-2014), Burn with Desire: Photography and Glamour offers a sweeping yet considered view of photography’s role in defining glamour since the 1920s. Approaching female identity from a different angle, Anti-Glamour: Portraits of Women seeks to challenge stereotypes, while claiming an alternative presence for women in the public sphere. Works by Marie Le Mounier, Katherine Lannin, Rebecca Belmore, Ange Leccia, Gunilla Josephson, Jo Spence and Leila Zahiri offer a contemporary counterpoint to the traditional standards that have shaped female identity.

Ryerson Image Centre, 33 Gould Street, Toronto

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