Photographer Roxanne Lowit was at the forefront of recording modern culture for more than four decades. With her camera, she captured the grit within the glamor, bringing out the truest essence of each subject.
Lowit had no formal training in photography. She graduated from New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology with a degree in art history and textile design. She had a successful career as a designer, but also had a penchant for painting. Many people offered to sit for her paintings, but her busy schedule did not allow for lengthy sessions. Instead, she would take photographs to use as references when she had time to work on her art.
She enjoyed the instant gratification of producing an image through the lens. She began her photography practice in earnest at New York fashion shows, taking pictures of her own designs. Soon, models such as Jerry Hall were inviting her backstage to the shows. Her behind-the-scenes shots catapulted her into icon status in the fashion industry.
She later expanded her focus beyond fashion. Throughout her illustrious career, Lowit photographed world-famous cultural figures, like American Pop artist Andy Warhol, Spanish Surrealist painter Salvador Dalí and American singer Madonna.
Many prestigious venues have displayed Lowit’s work, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Andy Warhol Museum. Her work is part of the permanent collection of Japan’s Kobe Fashion Museum.
The American, French, German and Italian editions of Vogue all included Lowit’s photographs on their pages, as did many other notable publications, including GQ and Vanity Fair. Lowit produced advertising work for many major companies, including Armani, De Beers and Land Rover. Lowit published four books of her photography, including Roxanne Lowit Photographs Yves Saint Laurent in 2014. She died in 2022.
On 1stDibs, find Roxanne Lowit’s portrait, color and black and white photography.
Amanda Lepore, New York, Limited Edition, b/w, Fine Art Photography, 1998
By Roxanne Lowit
Located in Vienna, AT
Roxanne Lowit’s photograph of Amanda Lepore, taken in New York in 1998, is a fearless celebration of nightlife, performance, and radical self-invention — themes that defined the city...
Silver Gelatin
$5,500
H 20 in W 16 in
Male Nudes, Thompson and Brown, Signed Gelatin Silver Print, Circa 1980, 20x16
By George Dureau
Located in New york, NY
A black and white photograph, Thompson and Brown, c. 1980 by George Dureau is a 20" x 16" gelatin silver print, signed and titled recto (front of photo) below the image. Often comp...
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
$3,500
H 5 in W 7 in
“Untitled (Nudes Climbing), 2007” Bruce Weber Unique Silver Print Signed
By Bruce Weber
Located in Yardley, PA
About this work: “Untitled (Nudes Climbing), 2007” by Bruce Weber (American, b. 1946). A wonderful example of Weber’s iconic exploration of youthful masculinity, sensuality, and emo...
Silver Gelatin
$1,500
H 7 in W 5 in
“Untitled (Twins Seated II), c. 2008” Bruce Weber Unique Silver Print Signed
By Bruce Weber
Located in Yardley, PA
About this work: “Untitled (Twins Holding Arms), c. 2008” by Bruce Weber (American, b. 1946). A wonderful example of Weber’s iconic exploration of youthful masculinity, sensuality, ...
Silver Gelatin
$2,250
H 14 in W 11 in
Kate #3, Gelatin Silver Photograph, Signed, 11x14, Female Nude Art
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Freed captures the playfulness and sensuality of a very self-possessed young woman in Kate #3, 2002 in the photographer's Female nude series "Kate." This is an 11" x 14" gelatin silv...
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
$1,500
H 7 in W 5 in
“Untitled (Twins Holding Arms), c. 2008” Bruce Weber Unique Silver Print Signed
By Bruce Weber
Located in Yardley, PA
About this work: “Untitled (Twins Holding Arms), c. 2008” by Bruce Weber (American, b. 1946). A wonderful example of Weber’s iconic exploration of youthful masculinity, sensuality, ...
Silver Gelatin
$1,500
H 7 in W 5 in
“Untitled (Twins Seated I), c. 2008” Bruce Weber Unique Silver Print Signed
By Bruce Weber
Located in Yardley, PA
About this work: “Untitled (Twins Seated I), c. 2008” by Bruce Weber (American, b. 1946). In this composition, two long-haired young men pose side by side, shirtless but with subtly...
Silver Gelatin
$2,222
H 8 in W 10 in
Kate #5, Female Nude, Signed Black and White Photograph, 8x10, Vintage 2002
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Kate #5, 2002 by American photographer Leonard Freed is an 8” x 10” signed black and white photograph stamped "vintage" by the Freed estate on verso (back of photo). Model, photogr...
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
$2,222
H 8 in W 10 in
Kate #4, Female Nude, Signed Black and White Photograph, 8x10, Sculptural Pose
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Kate #4, 2002 by American photographer Leonard Freed is an 8" x 10" signed black and white photograph, stamped vintage on verso (back of print). Model and yogini Kate is complicit for a very self-possessed playful shoot. Covering her face with her hair piled high in the form of a wave, Kate is transformed sculpturally. The self-assigned nude photo series...
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
$3,499
H 14 in W 11 in
Kate Bending, Signed Vintage Gelatin Silver Print, Couple, 2002
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Leonard Freed's stamped vintage (verso), 14" x 11," gelatin silver signed print, Kate Bending, is from the Kate series, 2002. A photographer herself, model Kate remains complicit i...
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
$2,500
H 11 in W 14 in
Kate #4, Gelatin Silver Photograph, Signed, 11x14, Female Nude Study
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Kate #4, 2002 by American photographer Leonard Freed is in the photographer's female nude series "Kate." For the study of a female nude, model Kate is both yogini and photographer wh...
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
$2,222
H 10 in W 8 in
Kate #3, Portrait, Black and White Photograph, Signed, 10x8, Vintage, 2002
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Kate #3, 2002 by Leonard Freed is a 10” x 8” hand printed, signed by the photographer black and white photograph, stamped "vintage" by the Freed estate on verso (back of photograph)....
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Ethereal Couple
By Karin Rosenthal
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Coming from an earlier interest in portraits and street photography, my Nudes in Water are less about eroticism and more about body as the human vessel for our multi-faceted but brie...
Silver Gelatin