{"id":105591,"date":"2018-03-27T13:00:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T17:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/?p=105591"},"modified":"2018-03-27T18:33:23","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T22:33:23","slug":"frank-horvats-tribute-to-women-in-new-paris-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/?p=105591","title":{"rendered":"Frank Horvat’s Tribute to Women in New Paris Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nMonique Dutto by Frank Horvat, 1959<\/small><\/p>\n

As told by Nadja Sayej<\/a><\/p>\n

Magnum fashion photographer Frank Horvat attended Paris Fashion Week in 1958, when he first snuck backstage during a Coco Chanel runway show and photographed the designer watching her own models from a stairwell. This timeless photo and more are on view in Horvat’s retrospective exhibition, \u201cPlease Don’t Smile: An Exhibition Dedicated to Women<\/a>\u201d at inCamera Galerie in Paris until May 19th. The exhibition features his work from the 1950s up until the 2000s, showing images of women in an empowering light. \u201cWomen are not prey or trophies,\u201d says the 89-year-old photographer over the phone from his Paris studio. \u201cI always preferred the company of women, including in my photographs, and to court them was not in the program.\u201d The exhibition features Parisian actress Monique Dutto in the 50s, models like Deborah Dixon, famous friend of the Rolling Stones in the 60s, as well as studio shots for French lingerie brands and the bustling street scenes of Paris.<\/p>\n

Born in Italy, Horvat got his start as a freelance photojournalist in the 1950s, working under the mentorship of Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris. \u201cWhat I learned was the importance of composition,\u201d said the photographer. \u201cTo Cartier-Bresson, it was more important than the so called content, as I\u2019ve learned that when I speak or write, the way I say or speak of something speaks more than actually what is said.\u201d The artist went on to shoot for Life Magazine, then started working for Elle Paris, British Vogue, Vanity Fair and Harper\u2019s Bazaar, where he recalls that he seldomly got to choose his models \u2013 though when he did, he casted them over the phone. \u201cI chose models based on their voice, as a voice is part of a whole,\u201d said Horvat. \u201cI tend to decide on models based on things outside of their looks; if a person has an interesting story, that contributes to their look. That can come out in the photo.\u201d The shoot, however, is a different story. \u201cGood models are ones who are conscious of the things they present,\u201d he describes. \u201cThey know exactly where the light is good because they have a good feeling for it.\u201d When asked to explain more, Horvat pauses. \u201cIf I could explain it,\u201d he adds, \u201cI wouldn\u2019t have to take photos.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nGivenchy Hat by Frank Horvat, 1958<\/small><\/p>\n

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\nCoco Chanel by Frank Horvat, 1958<\/small><\/p>\n

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The image maker celebrates 50 years of photography<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":436,"featured_media":105593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10414,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105591"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/436"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105591"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105615,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105591\/revisions\/105615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/105593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}