© Condé Nast Publications Inc.Ask anyone working in magazines who knows their onions what their favourite magazine is and you will usually get one of two answers: World of Interiors or Vanity Fair. As World of Interiors doesn't tend to photograph people and Vanity Fair is 95 years old, the National Portrait Gallery have taken the world's finest celebrity magazine's extensive history and iconic imagery and turned them into a cracking exhibition.
© Jonas Karlsson
Think of any truly great photographer from the twentieth century and they will have shot for Vanity Fair. Helmut Newton, Man Ray, Herb Ritts, Cecil Beaton, the list goes on. It just so happens they're taking photos of some pretty famous people too. Claude Monet, Madonna, Greta Garbo and Charlie Chaplin have all graced the pages of the glamorous publication. It's a bit of an iconorama down at the NPG at the moment.
© Condé Nast Publications Inc.This is just a small selection of of the breadth of the work on show. The exhibition has got something for everyone, from the photography student to the celeb addict, and with the expertise and track record of the NPG behind it, it is sure to become a fans' favourite.
© Mark Seliger
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