Between art and fashion: photographs from the collection of Carla Sozzani

For more than 40 years, Carla Sozzani, a renowned Italian editor, publisher, and collector, has amassed one of the most important photo collections in the country. Sozzani has been a key figure in Italian fashion, art, and design, and her archive contains works by Erwin Blumenfeld, Steven Meisel, and Peter Lindbergh.

10 PHOTOS

Between art and fashion: photographs from the collection of Carla Sozzani

1. Roger Ballen.

Portrait of a sleeping girl, 2000.

Between art and fashion: photographs from the collection of Carla Sozzani

2. Peter Lindbergh.

Linda Spears and Tatiana Patitz, Le Touquet, 1987.

Between art and fashion: photographs from the collection of Carla Sozzani

3. Antonio Calo.

Frida dressed as a Chinese woman, Coyoacan, Mexico, 1947.

Between art and fashion: photographs from the collection of Carla Sozzani

4. Paolo Roversi.

Meg, Alaïa dress, 1988.

Between art and fashion: photographs from the collection of Carla Sozzani

5. Mario de Biasi.

Gli italiani si voltano, 1954

Between art and fashion: photographs from the collection of Carla Sozzani

6. Steve Hitt.

Cecilia Chancellor, 1996

Between art and fashion: photographs from the collection of Carla Sozzani

7. Erwin Blumenfeld.

Le Décolleté, Victoria von Hagen, for Vogue, New York, 1952.

Between art and fashion: photographs from the collection of Carla Sozzani

8. Jean Clemmer.

Paco Rabanne, Nues, 1969.

Between art and fashion: photographs from the collection of Carla Sozzani

9. Lillian Bassman.

Dorian Lee, for Harper's Bazaar, April 1948

Between art and fashion: photographs from the collection of Carla Sozzani

10. Stephen Meisel.

Naomi Campbell for Elle, 1987

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