CATHLEEN NAUNDORF

de Bel7 · 1 novembre 2015

CATHLEEN NAUNDORF

haute culture

Haute Couture: The Polaroids of

CATHLEEN NAUNDORF

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EDWYNN HOUK GALLERY / NEW YORK

7 January – 27 February 2016

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Pictured left to right:

“La vie en rose” by Cathleen Naundorf – Christian Lacroix – HC winter 2004 – Photostudio Platform, Paris – Color-print from original polaroïd – 01.05.2005 – Tatyana Rudenko/Metropolitan

“Secret times (Grand palais I)” by Cathleen Naundorf – Chanel – HC summer 2010 – n°48 & 49 Grand Palais, Paris Color-print from original polaroïd – 03.05.2010 Anastasia Shershen – City & Maria Kashleva/Nathalie

“La fille en plâtre VIII” by Cathleen Naundorf – Dior – HC summer 2007 – Les ateliers du style, Paris – Color-print from original polaroïd – 12.05.2009 – Julia Oleynick/Nathalie Model Agency

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Featuring striking couture images of renowned fashion photographer Cathleen Naundorf’s work with Polaroid photography,Haute Couture represents a collection of six years of work with some of the world’s most celebrated fashion designers.

Gorgeous images of exquisite haute couture pieces by Chanel, Dior, Gaultier, Lacroix, Elie Saab, Philip Treacy, and Valentino, are captured with a large-format camera and collected in this book.

www.cathleennaundorf.com

Selected photographs by Cathleen Naundorf from her vast collection of works, including a number of those featured in Haute Couture, will be on display at the Edwynn Houk Gallery in New York from January 7th to February 27th, 2016.

Edwynn Houk Gallery

745 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10151

www.houkgallery.com

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Pictured top left to right:

“Valentino en rose” by Cathleen Naundorf – Valentino – HC winter 2007 – n°59 Atelier d’artiste – cité jandelle, Paris Gelatin silver print – 19.12.2007 Julia Oleynick-Nathalie Model Agency

“La parisienne II” by Cathleen Naundorf – Dior – HC winter 2009 – n°1 Atelier d’artiste, rue Manin, Paris – Color-print from original polaroïd – 22.02.2010 Julia Oleynick – Nathalie Model Agency

“La fille en plâtre IV” by Cathleen Naundorf -Dior – HC summer 2007 – no. 17 – Les ateliers du style, Paris – Color-print from original polaroid – 06.05.2009 – Julia Oleynick / Nathalie Model Agency

Pictured bottom left to right:

“L’enfant terrible” by Cathleen Naundorf – Jean-Paul Gaultier – HC summer 2003 – Atelier d’artiste – rue Caulaincourt, Paris – Color-print from original polaroïd – 25.07.2007 – Rimante Mazelyte / Elite

“My little darling” by Cathleen Naundorf – Dior – HC winter 2006 – no. 30 – Hôtel Plaza Athénée, Paris – Color-print from original polaroid – 18.02.2009 – Julia Oleynick _ Nathalie Model Agency

“Nibelungen IV” by Cathleen Naundorf – Chanel – HC Winter 1983 – no. 116 – Door Studios, Paris – Color-print from original polaroïd – 13.04.2010 – Bianca O’Brien / Just WM Agency

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CATHLEEN NAUNDORF

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Pictured above: Cathleen Naundorf by Tristan Siegmann

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Cathleen Naundorf studied painting and photography.

Starting in the early 90’s, she traveled across the world for renowned publishing houses. Specializing in photo-reports and fascinated by ethnic groups, she worked with indian tribes like the Yanomami in Amazonia, with the Mongols and Kazakhstanis in the Altai Mountains, and with the shamans in Yakutia, Siberia. Her meetings and travels with the Dalai Lama are the source of her social engagement for Tibet and Amnesty International, which are

documented in some of her photo-reports.

Inspired by her encounter and longstanding friendship with Horst P. Horst, Cathleen Naundorf became interested early in her career in fashion photography.

While living and working in France, she started photographing backstage at

Paris fashion shows for Condé Nast in 1997.

From 2005 to 2011, Cathleen Naundorf worked on a series called Un rêve de mode, focusing on couture houses like Chanel, Dior, Gaultier, Valentino, Saab, Lacroix and Philip Treacy.

Thanks to her outstanding pictures, Cathleen Naundorf obtained the privilege to

choose gowns from the couturiers’ archives for her elaborate and cinematic

productions over the course of seven years. This very large body of work was

published in The Polaroids of Cathleen Naundorf, Prestel Edition, 2012.

Since 2000, she has worked with large format cameras for her photo shoots,

using mostly Polaroid or negative films.

Cathleen Naundorf has worked privately since 2011 with Mr. Valentino Garavani on several projects, like An italian story, and The New York City Ballet.

Her work has been published in magazines including Harper’s Bazaar and Condé Nast titles.