People by Leonid Lubianitsky
A Rare Exhibition of Black and White Photographs by Award-winning, Veteran Photographer Leonid Lubianitsky Opens at The Baryshnikov Arts Center
“The portrait photography of Leonid Lubianitsky reveals an amazing sensitivity and zest, while being a uniquely exhaustive record of the cultural icons of our times,” Joseph Brodsky
The Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC) is pleased to announce the first exhibition ever of award-winning, veteran photographer Leonid Lubianitsky, titled “People” and running April 28 through May 11, 2006. For the last forty years, Russian-born Lubianitsky has garnered international recognition for his playful and whimsical photographic compositions of celebrities and others that have appeared in such prestigious publications as Vanity Fair, Vogue, Time, People, Fortune, Science Digest, New York Times Magazine, and Look, among others. This exhibition – which also marks BAC’s first visual arts programming venture – will showcase Lubianitsky’s portrait art with forty black and white photographs of a variety of well-known figures including Jack Lemmon (Vogue, 1979), Mstislav Rostropovich (New York Times, 1975), Joseph Brodsky (Time, 1976), Claus Oldenburg (Vogue, 1978), Diane Von Furstenberg, Reggie Jackson, Vitas Gerulaitis and NY Ranger Hockey Player, Ron Duguay (ad campaign for US News World Report, 1978-79).
Leonid Lubianitsky’s “People” will be on display in Gallery 4B of The Baryshnikov Arts Center, from Friday, April 28 through Thursday, May 11, 2006. BAC is located in the new performing arts complex, 37 ARTS at 450 West 37th Street (between 9th & 10th Avenues), New York. Hours will be Monday- Saturday: 1pm-6pm. For more information, please call 646 731 3200, ext. 4.
Before becoming a photographer, Lubianitsky worked as a cinematographer and director, making short art films for Leningrad Television Studio. There, he met Mikhail Baryshnikov, just coming into his fame. “Leonid Lubianitsky is one of the best portrait photographers I know,” says Mikhail Baryshnikov. “His lifelong quest for perfection is what makes him a master. We are proud to present his work in our new space on 37th Street.”
Leonid Lubianitsky moved from Russia to the US in 1973, when Brezhnev and Nixon opened up Soviet immigration. From 1973 to 1974, he worked for Richard Avedon, who introduced him to the world of commercial photography in the West, and who remained his inspiration throughout his career. He then started his own studio, and over the years has shot for many publications in the U.S. as well as magazines in South America and Europe. Lubianitsky received an Andy Award for the NY Advertising Club for his advertising campaign for US News & World Report.
Please click here for the press release (in Word format) and exhibit flyer (in PDF format)
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