Staley-Wise Gallery is a fine art photography gallery located in New York City, focusing on fashion photography, as well as portraiture, landscape, still life and nudes. The gallery was founded in 1981 by Etheleen Staley and Taki Wise.

History

The gallery opened in 1981 with an exhibition of

Horst P. Horst Horst P. Horst (born Horst Paul Albert Bohrmann; August 14, 1906 – November 18, 1999) was a German-American fashion photographer. Early life The younger of the sons, Horst was born in Weissenfels an der Saale, Germany, to Klara (Schönbrodt ...

photographs. At the time of the gallery's founding, fashion photographers were not normally shown in a gallery setting. "Etheleen Staley and Taki Wise were among the first to recognize ashion photography'simportance and to take the finest images created by fashion photographers seriously as works of art."Architectural Digest. September 1988. Staley-Wise represents and shows classic fashion photographers such as Lillian Bassman,

Helmut Newton Helmut Newton (né Neustädter; 31 October 192023 January 2004) was a German-Australian photographer. The ''The New York Times, New York Times'' described him as a "prolific, widely imitated fashion photographer whose provocative, erotically ch ...

Louise Dahl-Wolfe Louise Emma Augusta Dahl-Wolfe (November 19, 1895 – December 11, 1989) was an American photographer. She is known primarily for her work for ''Harper's Bazaar'', in association with fashion editor Diana Vreeland. At Harper's Bazaar she pioneere ...

, and

George Hoyningen-Huene Baron George Hoyningen-Huene (September 4, 1900 – September 12, 1968) was a fashion photographer of the 1920s and 1930s. He was born in the Russian Empire to Baltic German and American parents and spent his working life in France, England and t ...

and were the first to bring contemporary fashion photographers such as

Herb Ritts Herbert Ritts Jr. (August 13, 1952 – December 26, 2002) was an American fashion photographer and director known for his photographs of celebrities, models, and other cultural figures throughout the 1980s and 1990s. His work concentrated on b ...

David LaChapelle David LaChapelle (born March 11, 1963) is an American photographer, music video director, and film director. He is best known for his work in fashion and photography, which often references art history and sometimes conveys social messages. His ...

Ellen von Unwerth Ellen von Unwerth (born 1954) is a German photographer. She began her career as a fashion model, before becoming a fashion, editorial, and advertising photographer. Early life and education Unwerth was born in Frankfurt, West Germany. As an or ...

and

Patrick Demarchelier Patrick Demarchelier (; 21 August 1943 – 31 March 2022) was a French fashion photographer. Early life and education Born near Paris in 1943 to a modest family, Demarchelier spent his childhood in Le Havre, Normandy, with his mother and fo ...

into the fine art realm. While the gallery continues to specialize in fashion, it has expanded to include other work such as portraits, landscapes, and Hollywood portraits.

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