Karl Lagerfeld’s Work as a Photographer Is Being Honored in New Retrospective 사진작가로서 칼 라거펠트의 작품 재조명

Karl Lagerfeld’s Work as a Photographer Is Being Honored in New Retrospective

By Jessica Stewart on February 22, 2019

With the passing of Karl Lagerfeld, the world has lost an iconic fashion designer and creative genius. Lagerfeld was a true modern Renaissance man, not only acting as the creative director of Chanel for 36 years, but working as a prolific artist and photographer. Lagerfeld took up photography in the 1980s, moving behind the lens to shoot his own fashion campaigns, and he never slowed down.

Benicio del Toro (Hollywood Stars), 2002 (Courtesy of Galerie Gmurzynska)

사진작가로서 칼 라거펠트의 작품 재조명

칼 라거펠트가 2월 19일 세상을 떠나면서 세계는 상징적인 패션 디자이너와 창조적 천재를 잃었다. 라거펠트는 샤넬의 창작 감독으로 36년간 활동했을 뿐 아니라 다작의 화가와 사진작가로도 활동한 진정한 현대 르네상스 남성이었다. 라거펠드는 1980년대에 자신의 패션 캠페인을 찍기 위해 렌즈 뒤로 이동하면서 사진을 찍었고, 결코 속도를 늦추지 않았다.

"내가 사진에 대해 좋아하는 것은 이 사진들이 영원히 사라질 수 없는 순간을 포착한다는 것입니다,"라고 라거펠트는 말했다. 여러 가지 면에서 그의 사진은 라거펠트의 예술가로서의 다방면에 걸친 그림을 그리는 데 도움을 준다. 그는 패션과 미술 사진 사이를 자유분망하게 움직였다. 1996년부터 라거펠트와 손잡은 갈레리 구르진스카는 그의 사진에 대한 자발적인 회고전을 시작했다. 쇼에 나온 사진들의 범위는 그가 얼마나 많은 일을 했는지를 강조하고 있다.

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Ki Cheol Hwang, conpaper editor, curator

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“What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce,” Lagerfeld once said. In many ways, his photographs help paint a well-rounded picture of Lagerfeld as an artist. He moved between fashion and fine art photography with ease. Galerie Gmurzynska, which has collaborated with Lagerfeld since 1996, has launched a spontaneous retrospective of his photography. The range of photographs on show highlight just how prolific he was.

“Since our first exhibition in 1996, Karl has continuously and fearlessly explored the avant-garde of photographic processes; combining his compositional eye with his keen interest in the lost histories of the medium,” share Krystyna Gmurzynska and Mathias Rastorfer, owners of the gallery. “His deep knowledge of art history has always been clearly illustrated in fresh ways throughout his oeuvre, while creating his own unique processes that will continue their influence on photography and art in general.”

From hand-colored photographs to black and white celebrity portraits, the works presented in Homage to Karl Lagerfeld, 30 Years of Photography show how Lagerfeld viewed photography. For him, fashion photography and fine art photographer were one and the same. Each allowed him to create and execute his vision, giving him yet another outlet for his creative mind.

In a 1991 conversation with Andrew Wilkes for Aperture, Lagerfeld opened up about his photography and how it related to his work both as a creative director and artist. “Simply, whatever is good will survive; the rest has to go to the garbage can. Every good photographer can do bad photography because of a mood, because of bad climate, atmosphere, or the product. But the good photographs endure.”

And now, Karl Lagerfeld’s photography will become part of his enduring legacy.

Homage to Karl Lagerfeld, 30 Years of Photography is on view at Galerie Gmurzynska in Zurich until May 15, 2019.

A new retrospective of Karl Lagerfeld’s work as a photographer has opened at Galerie Gmurzynska in Zurich.

Pamela Anderson Photograph by Karl Lagerfeld