Yves Saint Laurent on the Page: Fashion Editorial Then and Now

Inspired by Yves Saint Laurent’s relationship with magazines and press, Amanda Webster, photo editor at the New York Times’ culture desk, Noelle Lacombe, photo director at the Cut, and moderator Elizabeth Renstrom, visual artist and former senior photo editor at the New Yorker will be in conversation at ICP to discuss the world of fashion editorial then and now, and how editors approach the ever-changing future of printed media.

This program is being offered both in person at ICP, located on NYC's Lower East Side, and online. In-person tickets are $5 and include access to ICP's galleries. The online program is free to attend. Arrive early to see our current exhibitions Yves Saint Laurent and Photography and Photobooks USA 2000-25, on view through September 28.

About the Speakers

Amanda Webster is a photo editor at The New York Times, where she commissions and edits photography for the Culture desk. Prior to the Times, she was a photo editor at The Wall Street Journal Magazine, and her work has been recognized by American Photography, SPD and National Press Photographers Association.

Elizabeth Renstrom is a Brooklyn-based artist working across photography, video, and installation. Her work creates safe yet critical spaces that use identity to examine the effects of nostalgia. Through these spaces, she investigates the way we use images and how we craft our identities in relation to pop culture. Often her work contrasts themes of feminism with the pitfalls of commercialism. Renstrom replicates the bright pop of editorial photography within her personal work, inspired by years working in magazines. This, combined with elaborate sets and a touch of humor, become a tool to interrogate the advice columns magazines sell to young women. Renstrom published her first book, Carnal Knowledge, in 2020 with Prestel UK. Her editorial work has been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times, TIME, Instagram, and Vice, among others.

Header Image: Jean-Claude Sauer,Cocktail dresses known as “Homage to Pop Art,” Fall/Winter 1966 haute couture collection. Published in LIFE magazine, September 1966© All rights reserved© Jean-Claude Sauer.