Massimo Listri — Palazzo Butera II, Palermo

The Hand of the Artist: Massimo Listri

The Hand of the Artist is a series devoted to visual signature, the qualities that make an artist’s work recognizably their own. This chapter presents Massimo Listri’s work, showcasing his unmistakable visual signature.

Jerry Schatzberg, Edie Sedgwick, New York

Jerry Schatzberg

What makes Schatzberg such a natural fit for an exhibition centered on music and dance is the importance of movement throughout his work.

Pauline - Chanel - negative, 1958, Silver gelatin photograph

Lillian Bassman: The Grand Dame Of Fashion Photography

‘Lillian developed a darkroom technique before she felt compelled to take up a camera. Her fine art experience led her to view a print as the end product of a studio process’. Lillian Bassman herself, on the other hand, described her interest in the darkroom as ‘creating a new kind of vision aside from what the camera saw.’