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Roxanne Lowit “No one thought there was anything going on backstage, so for years I was alone and loved it. I guess I made it look too good because now it’s so crowded with photographers. But there’s enough room for everybody.” - Roxanne Lowit, Photographer. Roxanne Lowit’s career spans decades and her archives tell fashion's story. Lowit invented backstage fashion photography and solidified her place in fashion history as a gifted documentarian. A documentarian of a world everyone wants to see - yet precious few do. Her work has been published in numerous books and exhibited in the world’s most prominent galleries and museums: the ‘Gagosian’, ‘Metropolitan Museum of Art’, ‘Whitney Museum’ and the ‘Victoria and Albert Museum’ in London. Lowit parlayed her gift into high-concept fashion editorials for magazines world-wide. She was the fashion world’s backstage storyteller - and fashion was her muse. Roxanne Lowit died unexpectedly on September 13, 2022. She was 80 years old. Roxanne Lowit 1942 - 2022. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #FIT #textiledesigner #donnakaran #scottbarrie #antoniolopez #katemoss #yvessaintlaurent #newyork #photographer #fashionphotographer #editorial #backstagefashionphotographer #nightlife #backstage #models #roxannelowit https://www.instagram.com/p/CiwwFtIoBye/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Roxanne Lowit “I paint and there were people who I wanted to sit for me but had no time, so I started taking pictures of them. I liked the gratification of getting the instant image so I traded in my paintbrushes for a camera.” - Roxanne Lowit, Photographer. Roxanne Lowit did not go to school to be a photographer. She graduated from ‘Fashion Institute of Technology’ in New York with a degree in ‘Art History and Textile Design’. It was during her successful career as a textile designer that she realised something, Lowit wanted to be a photographer. Lowit started making pictures in the late 70’s with her ‘110 Instamatic' photographing her own designs at the New York fashion shows. Before long she was covering all the designers in Paris where her friends - models like Jerry Hall - would sneak her backstage. It was here that she found her place - and career - in fashion. For over three decades the lens of Lowit has captured the faces, places and spaces. Her images witness the creation of fashion, art, theatre and film. Lowit has photographed thousands of luminaries, including Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali, Kate Moss, Yves Saint-Laurent, Johnny Depp, Madonna and George Clooney. In short, she has captured the creative classes of the last three decades in her photographs, offering unprecedented visual entrée to the beau monde of New York, Paris and Milan. Lowit has always done things differently. You could say that she really created an entirely new genre of photography - by taking her camera where nobody else wanted to go -backstage at fashion shows. Whilst everyone else was fixated on the runway Lowit was busy capturing the real action. Roxanne Lowit died unexpectedly on September 13, 2022. She was 80 years old. Roxanne Lowit 1942 - 2022. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #FIT #textiledesigner #donnakaran #scottbarrie #antoniolopez #katemoss #yvessaintlaurent #newyork #photographer #fashionphotographer #editorial #backstagefashionphotographer #nightlife #backstage #models #roxannelowit https://www.instagram.com/p/CiwwL3KIwQN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=