Photo London presents a homage to the legendary photographer Frank Horvat (1928 – 2020) curated by his daughter Fiammetta Horvat as part of this year’s Public Programme.
Throughout a career that spanned over seventy years, Frank Horvat was constantly experimenting and adapting to new technologies. His work frequently transcended the prevailing photographic orthodoxy. The result is image making of the highest order: work that is diverse and considerably more complex than it seems at first glance.
In his fashion work Horvat created a realistic style of picture-making that revolutionised the development of fashion-based photography in England, France, and the United States. He stylistically combined realism and artifice, movement, and inventive locations, which won him immediate success as a French fashion photographer. His photographs have appeared in leading European and American magazines including Life, Elle, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour and Jardin des Modes.
