An Exhibition of Ezra Petronio Polaroid Portraits Opens in Zurich
In 30 years, Ezra Petronio has shot over 4,000 Polaroid portraits. That evens out to about 130 per year, but it’s not just the quantity that’s impressive: Petronio’s subjects range from fashion greats like Karl Lagerfeld and Azzedine Alaïa to contemporary designers like Mike Eckhaus and Zoe Latta, with editors, stylists, assistant designers, and a broad group of creatives sprinkled in the mix. Many of these personalities appear in his debut gallery show, “Ezra Petronio Stylistics,” at the Galerie Gmurzynska’s spaces at Paradeplatz and Talstrasse in Zurich.
Petronio’s Polaroids appear in the opening pages of Self Service, the magazine he founded with Suzanne Koller in 1994. They’re something of a fashion world yearbook—if you’re anyone, you’re in there. “The idea was to really record the diversity of creative minds that we engage with at Self Service,” Petronio says. “It was fascinating to do so with established designers and newcomers and then the satellite creative industries around fashion that we flirt with—contemporary art, music, cinema.”
Louise Bourgeois photographed by Ezra Petronio
Split between the gallery’s two locations, the show collects true-to-size Polaroids in one space and blows them up to several meters tall in the other, offering a new perspective on Petronio’s well-known work. “Seeing them at that size enhances the raw emotion and beauty of the person, but also there are these textures that are magical that you really take for granted when they’re small,” he says.
Among the creative classes represented are Petronio mainstays like Malgosia Bela and Anja Rubik, though it’s the lesser-celebrated stars and reclusive celebrities that make the work really stand out. You can find a portrait of Louise Bourgeois, who spent three hours with Petronio in her studio while an assistant meticulously picked off a paper collage from the wall to create the photographer’s signature white background, only to sit for a single image. There’s Vivienne Westwood, who lured Petronio to the bathroom and perched atop the toilet—the only white wall she could find at Milan Fashion Week. There’s Yohji Yamamoto, Jay Z, and even “Kim’s husband…” (that’d be Kanye West).
Jaden Smith, 23, spotted out for dinner with Bridgerton’s Phoebe Dynevor, 26
Jaden Smith, 23, spotted out for dinner with Bridgerton’s Phoebe Dynevor, 26
Does Jaden Smith have a new boo? After being spotted with Bridgerton actress Phoebe Dynevor, fans have speculated that the two are dating
It appears Jaden Smith is off the market ladies!
The 23-year-old son of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith was pictured hanging out with Bridgerton actress Phoebe Dynevor exiting Nobu Miami where a star-studded Louis Vuitton bash took this past weekend.
The two were seen walking close to each other, which sparked fans to believe that these two were more than friends.
Phoebe Dynevor was spotted hanging out with Jaden Smith on Friday evening at the star-studded Louis Vuitton party at Nobu Malibu
Blossoming romance? Though the nature of their relationship is currently not known pic.twitter.com/jwG997rr7V — Lilian Chan (@bestgug) November 21, 2021
The Bridgerton actress is the former ex of Pete Davidson, who made their first public appearance as a couple back in July at Wimbledon.
Just last week, Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson made their relationship official when the pair were pictured holding hands in public, as they went on a stroll in Palm Springs, California. They were later seen celebrating Pete’s birthday, and the photos from DailyMail showed that the pair could no longer hide their romance.
kim kardashian and pete davidson in palm springs pic.twitter.com/8OWcT5a3Yl — best of pete davidson (@davidsonupdate) November 19, 2021
Kim was first romantically linked to Pete after the pair shared a kiss on Saturday Night Live during a skit for the show. Ever since, the pair have been spotted out on private dinners, spotted holding hands on a rollercoaster and have been spotted wearing matching outfits.
Pete has been Kim’s first public romantic partner since she filed for divorce from estranged husband Kanye West in February this year.
The two were also pictured together for the first time since having dinner and holding hands on a rollercoaster, the SNL comedian and the reality TV star were pictured in matching SKIMS pyjamas alongside rapper legend Flavor Flav and momager Kris Jenner.
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The most stylish men of 2022: from Timothée Chalamet to Lil Nas X
It’s no secret that we’ve just been through a period that will go down in the annals of sartorial history as the year that fashion forgot. A saggy, baggy, 12-month-long acquiescence to sweatpants, T-shirts and slippers, never have we collectively dressed so badly and for so long.
The excellent news is that 2021, in its vast, tumultuous majority, saw a return of the high-octane dressing from the time BC (before Covid). Timothée Chalamet wore a sequin-encrusted Haider Ackermann Morph suit from the future at the Venice Film Festival! Lil Nas X wore three layers of Versace-branded armour to the Met Ball! Questlove wore gold Crocs to the Oscars! Indeed, never before has getting dressed up and making a fuss felt or looked more fun, and it’s a mood reflected in British GQ’s hot-to-trot new list of the most stylish people on the planet.
From the superlative Savile Row suits worn by the late, great Charlie Watts to the peaking party gear propounded by the likes of A$AP Rocky and Wizkid, there’s something for everyone.
Consider yourself inspired.
Teo van den Broeke, Style Director, GQ
- Kodi Smit-McPhee
Taylor Hill
Actor (NEW ENTRY) Kodi Smit-McPhee isn’t just one of this year’s most stimulating breakthrough actors, but he’s also got us waiting with bated breath for his next red carpet style serve.
Teo van den Broeke, Style Director, British GQ: “You’ll be seeing plenty more of Smit-McPhee thanks to his star turn opposite his IRL uncle Benedict Cumberbatch in The Power of the Dog, and if he continues serving such souped-up red carpet looks then I’m A-OK with that."
- Bretman Rock