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.
$12,500
Face On, Face Off, Dior Backstage, Color, Limited Edition 1/11, 1995 Fashion
By Roxanne Lowit
Located in Vienna, AT
Roxanne Lowit’s “Face On, Face Off – Dior Ready-to-Wear Backstage” is a vivid and theatrical work of limited edition fine art photography that captures the explosive creativity and e...
Archival Pigment
$8,000
Versace Vixens, Model Line, Fashion Photography, Limited Edition Print 1994
By Roxanne Lowit
Located in Vienna, AT
"Versace Vixens, Model Line, 1994" by Roxanne Lowit is a vibrant celebration of the supermodel era at its absolute peak. Captured during the golden age of 1990s fashion, the image br...
Archival Pigment
$12,500
Pucker, Nadja Auermann Backstage Print, Limited Edition 1/11, 1995 Fashion
By Roxanne Lowit
Located in Vienna, AT
“Pucker, Nadja Auermann for Vivienne Westwood, Backstage Paris, 1995” by Roxanne Lowit is offered here as a unique special edition vintage silver gelatin print (1/11), lifetime signe...
Archival Pigment
Backstage at Dior, Paris, 2000, Limited Edition Fine Art Photography
By Roxanne Lowit
Located in Vienna, AT
Roxanne Lowit’s “Backstage at Dior, Paris, 2000” is a striking work of limited edition fine art photography that captures the theatrical artistry and transformative power of haute co...
Archival Pigment
Nan Kempner, Fran Stark and Jaqueline de Ribes, NYC
By Roxanne Lowit
Located in Vienna, AT
Roxanne Lowit’s portfolio is a tribute to the world of glamour and the creative elite. After over three decades of celebrity and backstage photography Roxanne Lowit has become a star...
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Kate Moss at Vivienne Westwood - the model backstage, fine art photography, 1994
By Roxanne Lowit
Located in Vienna, AT
Other sizes and high end framing on request. Roxanne Lowit’s portfolio is a tribute to the world of glamour and the creative elite. After over three decades of celebrity and backstag...
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Group Hug, 90s Supermodels Backstage, Fine Art Photography
By Roxanne Lowit
Located in Vienna, AT
Group Hug, Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell, and Linda Evangelista photographed by Roxanne Lowit. All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on...
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
'Jean-Michel Basquiat I' - Portrait in side profile, fine art photography, 1985
By Roxanne Lowit
Located in Vienna, AT
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request. All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certifica...
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
John Galliano and Kate Moss - Backstage Portrait of Model and Designer, Fine Art
By Roxanne Lowit
Located in Vienna, AT
Provocative picture of supermodel Kate Moss and fashion designer John Galliano tongue on tongue. All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on req...
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Seeing, Speaking, Hearing no Evil - Three Supermodels, Fine Art Photography 1989
By Roxanne Lowit
Located in Vienna, AT
Roxanne Lowit’s “Speaking, Hearing, and Seeing No Evil at the Fashion Group Party, Plaza Hotel, NYC, 1989” captures three of the most iconic supermodels of their generation — Linda E...
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Kate Moss Backstage at YSL, Paris - Model in Florals, Fine art Photography, 1993
By Roxanne Lowit
Located in Vienna, AT
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request. All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certifica...
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Group Hug, 90s Supermodels Backstage, Fine Art Photography
By Roxanne Lowit
Located in Vienna, AT
Group Hug, Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell, and Linda Evangelista photographed by Roxanne Lowit. All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on...
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Seeing, Speaking, Hearing no Evil - Three Supermodels, Fine Art Photography 1989
By Roxanne Lowit
Located in Vienna, AT
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request. All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certificate of authenticity from the gallery. Roxanne Lowit...
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Kate Moss Backstage at YSL, Paris - Model in Florals, Fine art Photography, 1993
By Roxanne Lowit
Located in Vienna, AT
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request. All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certifica...
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Masked Moss, Paris
By Roxanne Lowit
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print (Edition of 25) Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil, verso This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Kate Moss at Vivienne Westwood - the model backstage, fine art photography, 1994
By Roxanne Lowit
Located in Vienna, AT
Other sizes and high end framing on request. Roxanne Lowit’s portfolio is a tribute to the world of glamour and the creative elite. After over three decades of celebrity and backstag...
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
'Jean-Michel Basquiat I' - Portrait in side profile, fine art photography, 1985
By Roxanne Lowit
Located in Vienna, AT
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request. All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certifica...
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Nan Kempner, Fran Stark and Jaqueline de Ribes, NYC
By Roxanne Lowit
Located in Vienna, AT
Roxanne Lowit’s portfolio is a tribute to the world of glamour and the creative elite. After over three decades of celebrity and backstage photography Roxanne Lowit has become a sta...
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Vivienne Westwood, Paris - Nadja Auermann backstage, fine art photography, 1995
By Roxanne Lowit
Located in Vienna, AT
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request. All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certificate of authenticity from the gallery. Roxanne Lowit's backstage photography of the 80s and 90s is iconic and helped shape the cultural world of the late 20th century. This Portrait was taken at the Vivienne Westwood fall-fashion show in Paris in 1995. The Collection was titled 'Vive la Cocotte' and focused on undergarments to create exaggerated silhouettes. In typical Westwood style, the show was a contrast to the classic 90s aesthetic, which is perfectly captured in this Portrait of the Model Nadja Auermann. She is wearing a Corset top richly adorned with ruffles, bows, and flower print. Her black leather gloves contrast the light tulle skirt and stola. She looks directly at the camera with pursed lips, even further exaggerating her porcelain doll makeup. The classic Vivienne Westwood pearl choker...
Archival Pigment
$5,000
H 47.2 in W 33 in D 0.1 in
James Bond, Castelloland Series. Digital Collage Color Photograph
By Paloma Castello
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Castelloland works with objects whose uniqueness is fundamental to the narrative of each story, as each image reacts and develops through the interaction between the word and the obj...
Archival Pigment, Color
$2,800
H 13 in W 19 in
1960s Limited Edition Black and White Photograph, Martin Luther King, MLK, 13x19
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Martin Luther King (MLK), 1964 by Leonard Freed is an iconic black and white documentary photograph, a portrait of one of the most influential African American personalities and civi...
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
$2,400
H 19 in W 13 in
Fashion Show, Brooklyn New York 1963, Signed Archival Pigment Print, Ed 3/10
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Fashion Show, Brooklyn, New York, USA 1963 by Leonard Freed is a 19" x 13" signed archival pigment print in an edition of 10. Signed on back of the photograph by the Freed estate Brigitte Freed. Available: 3/10. Provenance: Freed Estate *** Artist’s Bio: Leonard Freed (1929-2006) was an American photographer from Brooklyn, New York. His "Black in White America" series made him known as a documentarian, a social documentary photographer. Freed worked as a freelance photographer from 1961 onwards and as a Magnum photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in Israel (1967-68, 1973), and the New York City police department...
Black and White, Photographic Film, Archival Pigment
$2,888
H 20 in W 16 in
Muscle Boy, New York, Signed Archival Iris Print, Harlem, 1963, Edition 25/100
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Muscle Boy, Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed is a signed and numbered archival Iris print. The edition 25/100 was in a planned edition of 100 and halted at 25 prints (as annotated on ve...
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Ink, Photographic Fi...
$23,000
H 50.01 in W 39.77 in
Michael Jackson, Los Angeles, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition of 10 signed by the artist printed later Also available in 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch, Edition of 25 Black and white portrait of Singer and Songwriter Michael Jackson with l...
Archival Pigment
$1,750
H 20 in W 16 in
Steven Tyler of Aerosmith vintage 16x20" photo signed by Norman Seeff
By Norman Seeff
Located in Austin, TX
Original darkroom print, made at the time of the photoshoot. In excellent condition, stored flat in a climate controlled atmosphere. Print in excellent vintage condition, signed by N...
Silver Gelatin
$700
H 18 in W 24 in D 0.1 in
"Untitled (Nr. 1002)" Black & White Photography 18x24 in Ed. of 20 by Ben Cope
By Ben Cope
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled (Nr. 1002)" Black & White Photography 18x24 in Ed. of 20 by Ben Cope Signed and numbered by the artist. Comes with COA issued by the artist. Unframed - ships rolled in a t...
Archival Pigment
$1,761
H 10.01 in W 8.12 in D 0.02 in
Ruth Ford - American actress and model - Original Photography by Cecil Beaton
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Cologne, DE
Ruth Ford - American actress and model - Original Photography by Cecil Beaton Photo taken in 1940s Sir Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) is considered one of the mo...
Silver Gelatin
$800
H 6 in W 9 in
Patti Astor The Foreigner 1977 film still (Amos Poe The Foreigner)
By Fernando Natalici
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Fernando Natalici Patti Astor The Foreigner New York 1977: Actress and legendary downtown NY scenester Patti Astor, photographed during the filming of "The Foreigner" by celebrated N...
Silver Gelatin
Diana Vreeland, Chelsea, New York City, 1981
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
Diana Vreeland, Chelsea, New York City, 1981 Photographed by Jonathan Becker Contemporary 14" x 14" Archival Pigment Print Edition Nº 1 of 6 Certificate of Origin Signed and Titled ...
Archival Pigment
Just Like Me
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
Signed and titled. Paper size: 20 x 16 in. Image size: 19 x 13 3/4 in. Earlie Hudnall, who is one of the most notable African American photographers living today, has extensively...
Silver Gelatin
$1,500
H 13 in W 19 in
Contemporary Japanese Photography, Ginzan Spa by Issei Suda, Signed Ed 28/100
By Issei Suda
Located in New york, NY
The photograph "Ginzan Spa, Yamagata, August 1976 from Fushikaden," is by Japanese photographer Issei Suda. The photograph is signed by the photographer on ...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...
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H 20 in W 24 in
Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington - supermodels in b&w
By Roxanne Lowit
Located in Vienna, AT
Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington - black & white portrait of the famous supermodels "hearing, seeing and speaking no evil" High-end frame with black hard-wood...
Archival Pigment
Kate Moss, Milan
By Roxanne Lowit
Located in New York, NY
Kate Moss, Milan 1994, Printed 2011 Archival Pigment Print paper size: 40 x 30 inches image size: 33 x 23 inches Edition of 11 Signed, dated, titled, editioned verso in pencil
Archival Pigment