Bardot`s paparazzi pics in UK exhibition

Bardot`s pictures by the paparazzi will be highlighted at an exhibition.

London: Vintage photographs of legendary Hollywood actress Brigitte Bardot by some of the most famous paparazzi photographers will be the highlight of an exhibition here next month. Coinciding with Bardot`s 75th birthday on September 28, the month-long exhibition will begin at the James Hyman Gallery on September 3. Presented at the same time as London Fashion Week (September 18-22), "Brigitte Bardot and the Original Paparazzi" focuses on one of the greatest fashion icons of the 20th century.

The exhibition includes iconic images as well as rare works that have never been exhibited or published. It includes rare original vintage prints by two most famous paparazzi photographers -- Tazio Secchiaroli, the basis for Fellini`s character Paparazzo in the seminal film "La Dolce Vita" and Marcello Geppetti. It also presents vintage works by a range of other photographers including Roger Corbeau, Loomis Dean, Walter Limot, David Magnus, Patrick Morin and Claude Schwartz. The exhibition shows how Bardot and the paparazzi created a whole new image of womanhood, female sexuality and youth fashion. Timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the birth of the paparazzi, the exhibition traces the development of a whole new aesthetic and genre of photography. Fuelled by an international obsession with celebrity, these rare photographs illustrate the creation of a more candid, intimate and revealing depiction of youth that swiftly replaced the more controlled and posed studio imagery of the publicity machines of the film studios. "Brigitte Bardot and the Original Paparazzi" is curated around a series of themes which chart a range of photographic approaches to the subject from the complicit to the intrusive, the posed shot to the snatched moment, the public to the private, the studio to the street. Bureau Report