Through Many Lenses: Icons, Ideals, and Impressions
This curated selection journeys through the enduring impact of photography as both spectacle and reflection. Icons of film, fashion, and urban life are rendered into lasting impressions—each frame a testament to presence, performance, and perception. Together, these images transcend time, inviting us to experience fame, memory, and myth through the photographer’s eye.
This viewing room is a poetic gathering of photographic excellence—an ode to the art of capturing essence beyond the visible. In this dynamic and diverse collection, artists from Terry O’Neill to Luigi Ontani and Chris Levine translate not just what is seen, but what is felt, in the ephemeral moment a shutter clicks. From the refined glamour of Audrey Hepburn to the spiritual radiance of Kate Moss, each photograph functions not merely as an image, but as a narrative—carefully curated and deeply layered.
This viewing room is a poetic gathering of photographic excellence—an ode to the art of capturing essence beyond the visible. In this dynamic and diverse collection, artists from Terry O’Neill to Luigi Ontani and Chris Levine translate not just what is seen, but what is felt, in the ephemeral moment a shutter clicks. From the refined glamour of Audrey Hepburn to the spiritual radiance of Kate Moss, each photograph functions not merely as an image, but as a narrative—carefully curated and deeply layered.
At the heart of the selection is Terry O’Neill, the chronicler of celebrity mythology. His iconic image of Faye Dunaway, languidly basking in Oscar glory, and the effortlessly cool Frank Sinatra, bodyguards in tow, redefine performance as reality. Audrey Hepburn with Dove and Sean Connery’s Reflection contrast tenderness with power, forming a quiet meditation on persona and poise. O’Neill’s work reminds us that to photograph is to shape memory, not merely document it.
Chris Levine’s She’s Light (Kate Moss) disrupts that narrative with radiant stillness. A spiritual reinterpretation of celebrity, the screenprint pulses with silence and spectral beauty—where the closed eyes of a supermodel become a window into introspection.
Finally, Luigi Ontani’s self-portrait—eccentric, baroque, and disarmingly playful—turns the gaze inward, fusing identity, theatre, and surrealist wit.
Together, these works reveal photography’s protean nature: it can be stage or mirror, icon or protest, fable or fact. Each image invites us to pause, not just to look, but to see—a fitting tribute to the enduring, shape-shifting magic of the medium.