*Mick Jagger, Madonna and Tony Curtis by Dafydd Jones* *Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913–2008 runs 14 February – 26 May 2008, in the Wolfson Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, London.*
Some of the most striking portrait photographs of the 20th century were taken for, or published in, Vanity Fair. A selection of these classic images will go on show at the National Portrait Gallery, London. *Gloria Swanson by Edward Steichen*< div> Works from the magazine's first period (1913–1936) are displayed for the first time alongside works from the contemporary Vanity Fair (1983-present). *Hilary Swank by Norman Jean Roy* ** In the first period, subjects including Albert Einstein, Charlie Chaplin and Jean Harlow are portrayed by photographers, Edward Steichen, Cecil Beaton, Baron De Meyer and Man Ray. *Jean Harlow by George Hurrell* ** The exhibition also presents an opportunity to see some of the definitive portraits of the jazz age, including classic studies of Louis Armstrong, Josephine Baker and Noël Coward. *Louis Armstrong by Anton Bruehl* ** Although Vanity Fair suspended publication in 1936, it was resurrected in another period of decadence and excess, the 1980s. Once again, its purpose was to record modern men and women of culture, stature and talent. *Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard by Bruce Weber*
