The year 1993 proved fruitful for New York photographer Steven Meisel. In that 12-month period, he shot 28 covers for international editions of Vogue and more than 100 editorials and campaigns, starring the likes of Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell. A new exhibition, in the Galician port city of A Coruña, Spain, celebrates this blockbuster year and Meisel’s diverse output, which is sometimes spare and sensual, at other times captures the colourful exuberance of the decade. ‘Steven’s photographs reach beyond the surface to capture the true personality of his subject, always transcending their context,’ says show organiser Marta Ortega. ‘They are, without a doubt, some of the most important and interesting fashion photographs ever made.’ Much of the exhibition’s portraiture is in black and white, which the photographer…
