To celebrate renowned Dutch photography duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, the Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills has curated a major exhibition of their photographs, opening this Friday. From campaigns for Miu Miu and Nina Ricci to editorials in Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue Paris, Inez and Vinoodh have been leaders in the photography world for over two decades. The exhibit highlights their artistic ability to create aesthetic dichotomies—think “the beautiful with the bizarre… the elegant with the extreme”—to produce images that are postmodern masterpieces. Since their entrance into the photogaphy world 25 years ago, Inez and Vinoodh have photographed many famous faces, including Clint Eastwood, Bill Murray, and Tilda Swinton, as well as the anonymous “in an unfamiliar pose or guise, with further manipulations in post-production.” According to the duo, “Basically every picture we take is a self-portrait—a picture of how we feel at that moment in our lives”—even if that image may include the faces of others. See highlights of their work over the past 25 years.
To celebrate renowned Dutch photography duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, the Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills has curated a major exhibition of their photographs, opening this Friday. From campaigns for Miu Miu and Nina Ricci to editorials in Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue Paris, Inez and Vinoodh have been leaders in the photography world for over two decades. The exhibit highlights their artistic ability to create aesthetic dichotomies—think “the beautiful with the bizarre… the elegant with the extreme”—to produce images that are postmodern masterpieces. Since their entrance into the photogaphy world 25 years ago, Inez and Vinoodh have photographed many famous faces, including Clint Eastwood, Bill Murray, and Tilda Swinton, as well as the anonymous “in an unfamiliar pose or guise, with further manipulations in post-production.” According to the duo, “Basically every picture we take is a self-portrait—a picture of how we feel at that moment in our lives”—even if that image may include the faces of others. See highlights of their work over the past 25 years.
Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin
The duo's 2013 piece, Frozen Flowers, highlights one of their favorite subjects, "lush yet edgy flower photographs."
Lucy Fer, a 2011 print on watercolor paper, transforms Carmen Kass "into a three-headed beast from an unwritten fable."
In 2007, Inez and Vinoodh photographed a black and white portrait of Sophia Loren.
Lady Gaga poses for Inez and Vinoodh as her alter-ego, Joe Calderone, a "slouching punk in a grubby t-shirt" from her music video for "You & I."
Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin
As a part of their flower photograph series, 4 Flaming Parrot Tulips, 2 Chocolate Cosmos visualizes "botanical ensembles with an approach that is both idiosyncratic and exquisitely precise."
Grant, a 2009 print by the duo, features a cherubic young child.
Inez and Vinoodh photograph supermodel Doutzen Kroes, whom the team has also shot for Miu Miu campaigns, for a 2007 issue of V Magazine.
Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin
Staying in tune with their floral motif, Inez and Vinoodh's image of 2 Pink Tulips, 4 Pink Carnations, and 4 Fiddlehead Ferns "imbues mere flowers with the force of human subjects."
