Classic portraits by some of the world’s greatest photographers
Thursday 3 December 2020 – 28 February 2021
Iconic Images Gallery, 13A Park Walk, Chelsea, London SW10 0AJ
To celebrate the end of lockdown, Iconic Images Gallery is excited to announce the launch of its new exhibition “BLOW-UP”. Come stand face to face with some of the most iconic faces in history and take a look at the careers of the most ground-breaking, influential photographers who took them.
Subjects include a dazzling array of 20 th century icons, from John Lennon to Brigitte Bardot, Jimi Hendrix to Janis Joplin, Miles Davis, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn and many more.
Photographers featured are the equally legendary Terry O’Neil, Norman Parkinson, Douglas Kirkland, Kevin Cummins, Ed Caereff, Michael Brennan, Eva Sereny, Lawrence Fried, Janet Macoska, Baron Wolman, Greg Brennan, Michael Ward, Justin de Villeneuve and David Nutter.
The exhibition is inspired by Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1966 cult film ‘Blow-Up’ – a counter cultural masterpiece about the act of seeing and the art of image making – and Terry O’Neil’s on-set photographs of the film’s fashion photographer protagonist, David Hemmings, provide the eye-opening backdrop. The exhibition is a love letter to the art of photography, but at the same time is a nostalgic look back at the icons and the trail blazing careers of the photographers who inspired a new genre of the medium.
‘BLOW-UP’ also celebrates photography post-lockdown! After countless virtual encounters, swipes and ‘likes’, viewers can finally experience, in person, over 25 intimate portraits of some of the most notable, collectable, and iconic faces in the world – including rarely seen works.
Carrie Kania Creative Director of Iconic Images said:
“We wanted to celebrate the reopening of Iconic Images Gallery by launching a brand-new show highlighting some of the photographers we are lucky to represent and showcasing some of their iconic
celebrity portraits. From Audrey Hepburn to Paul Newman, Debbie Harry to Muhammad Ali – this show has it all.”
Highlights of the exhibition include signed prints by the late Terry O’Neil CBE and Baron Wolman, the first photographer at Rolling Stone Magazine, who sadly passed away last month.
