George Hoyningen-Huene, the Pioneer of Fashion Photography

Between 1926 and 1936, George Hoyningen-Huene served as chief photographer at the prestigious Vogue France magazine, and was already widely recognized as the pioneer of the new wave of fashion photography. Years earlier, he had become part of Man Ray's inner circle, with whom he collaborated actively. His friends were Salvador Dalì, Lee Miller, Pablo Picasso, Paul Eluard and Jean Cocteau. For Richard Avedon, he was simply "a genius". His style would shape an entire generation of young photographers. The son of an American woman and an Estonian baron, after the October Revolution he left Russia and fled with his family to London, before moving to Paris. The exhibition unfolds along a path made up of 100 photographs, distributed in 10 sections, with platinum prints that enhance the elegant and sober style of George Hoyningen-Huene, as well as underlining his innovative use of printing techniques and the artistic influences that marked his work.