Southampton Hospital Benefit Gala 2007 (Safe Champagne) by Jessica Craig-Martin…
British artist Jessica Craig-Martin, document parties of the rich and famous. From a benefit in Cannes to society parties in the Hamptons, Craig-Martin’s crisp, oversize images capture the follies of the glamorous life, focusing on unedited details and awkward exchanges. Cropped to protect the subject’s identity, each photograph becomes a garish still life that permits a close study of glossy, bleached hair, bulbous breasts, and heavy jewels—all the raw materials for society’s jet set.
Craig-Martin’s work reveals the gap between the set-up shots printed in “society pages” and the reality behind the camera. As a photographer for American Vogue and Vanity Fair, she has access to a rarefied world that, as seen through her lens, is perhaps as full of folly and bad manners as a high school cafeteria. (via)
