Visiting Artists
Announcing our Artist in Residence for 2020/2021, Zoë Ghertner
Zoë Ghertner
MPS Fashion Photography Artist in Residence 2020/2021
Each year, MPS Fashion Photography names an individual fashion photographer or director whose work contributes to the creative advancement of the medium and provides a framework for engagement with the graduate students.
We are excited to name Zoë Ghertner our Artist in Residence for 2020/2021.
Los Angeles based photographer, and New York native Zoë Ghertner is known for her naturalistic style of photography and strong portrayal of women.
Having started her career shooting still life before moving into fashion photography, Zoë has cultivated a distinctive voice shooting editorial stories for publications including M Le Monde, Self Service, i-D, The Gentlewoman, W Magazine, and American Vogue collaborating with stylists including Marie Chaix, Camilla Nickerson, Francesca Burns, Grace Coddington, and Suzanne Koller.
Her illustrious clients have included the likes of Celine, Chanel, The Row, Sonia Rykiel, Hermes, Tiffany & Co, Nordstrom, Proenza Schouler, and Gucci.
Ghertner has held exhibitions in several galleries, including at the former Thomas Duncan Gallery in Los Angeles, as well as the Koenig & Clinton gallery in New York.
Zoë is represented by Art Partner.
Visiting Artists
MPS Fashion Photography leverages our close relationships in fashion and media to bring celebrated artists to talk with our class every week in our Symposium class and department events. Guest speakers share their work and experiences as well as participating in critique of student work.
Grace Coddington, Vogue
Tim Walker, photographer
Sølve Sundsbø, photographer
Erik Madigan Heck, photographer
Gordon Von Steiner, director
Su Barbe, creative director, Opening Ceremony
Ed Brachfield, producer
Poppy de Villeneuve, director
Fabrizio Kruszelnicki, Hero and Heroine Magazines
Glen Luchford, photographer/director
Bob Recine, hairstylist
Jack Webb, cinematographer
Mark Fina, global creative director, Air Paris
Reed & Rader, directors
Mario Sorrenti, photographer
Nathaniel Kilcer, art director, Bruce Weber
James West, Hero and Heroine Magazines
Lindsay Thompson, Management + Artists
Jamie Hawkesworth, photographer
Brianna Capozzi, photographer
Charlie Engman, photographer
Dario Calmese, photographer/director
Ivan Shaw, photography director, Vogue
Leslie Simitch, producer, Great Bowery
Tarik Malik, director
Olivia Bee, photographer
Phyliss Posnick, fashion editor, Vogue