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He shot fashion spreads for Vogue, and some of the last century's classiest celebs (Coco Chanel, Noel Coward, Marlene Dietrich). But Horst P. Horst remains beloved today—Tom Ford is a fan—thanks to his work's subversive sexuality. It's on full display in Horst Platinum, a new show with 50 of the photographer's prints (including Mainbocher Corset, pictured). "You see the pictures and you can't believe they're from 1939," says Juan Carlos Arcila-Duque, curator. "Some of them look like they could have been shot by Mapplethorpe." Take Electric Beauty, which has a model, a bucket of water, and a bondage mask. Technically it's SFW, but the effect sure isn't.
Horst Platinum, today through March 15, The Forbes Galleries, 60 Fifth Ave., NYC, (212) 206-5548, forbesgalleries.com

JONATHAN DURBIN
Photo: Horst P. Horst/Courtesy of The Forbes Galleries
6:55 AM, January 18, 2008

Tags: Vices



rockstarr26
06:55:00 AM on
01/18/08

any chance this will be going on the road?
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