Vanity Fair Portraits

The National Portrait Gallery has announced details of major 2008 exhibition, Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008, which marks 95 years since the title's 1913 launch and 25 since its 1983 rebirth following a 57 year hiatus. Burberry is set to sponsor the exhibition, which runs from February 14 to May 26. Exploring Vanity Fair's high octane and agenda-setting images of celebrities, exhibited photographers from the first inception of the title include Edward Steichen, Man Ray and Cecil Beaton, and sitters including Albert Einstein, Virginia Woolf and Charlie Chaplin; from the current incarnation, Annie Leibowitz, Mario Testino and Helmut Newton are among photographers presented, with subjects ranging from Madonna, to Kate Winslet, and Lance Armstrong. A hardback book, Vanity Fair: The Portraits, is published by NPG to celebrate the dual anniversaries of the title and coincide with the exhibition, featuring 350 illustrations; it will be distributed in the US and Canada from autumn 2008.