Between art and fashion: photographs from the collection of Carla Sozzani

For more than 40 years, Carla Sozzani, a renowned Italian editor, publisher, and collector, has amassed one of the most important photo collections in the country. Sozzani has been a key figure in Italian fashion, art, and design, and her archive contains works by Erwin Blumenfeld, Steven Meisel, and Peter Lindbergh.

10 PHOTOS

1. Roger Ballen.

Portrait of a sleeping girl, 2000.

2. Peter Lindbergh.

Linda Spears and Tatiana Patitz, Le Touquet, 1987.

3. Antonio Calo.

Frida dressed as a Chinese woman, Coyoacan, Mexico, 1947.

4. Paolo Roversi.

Meg, Alaïa dress, 1988.

5. Mario de Biasi.

Gli italiani si voltano, 1954

6. Steve Hitt.

Cecilia Chancellor, 1996

7. Erwin Blumenfeld.

Le Décolleté, Victoria von Hagen, for Vogue, New York, 1952.

8. Jean Clemmer.

Paco Rabanne, Nues, 1969.

9. Lillian Bassman.

Dorian Lee, for Harper's Bazaar, April 1948

10. Stephen Meisel.

Naomi Campbell for Elle, 1987