THIS SIDE of PARADISE

A landmark new exhibition of Ellen von Unwerth’s work is suitably playful and provocative

- JARED PAUL STERN

Director, photographer, author, storyteller, stylist, model, provocateur"-Ellen von Unwerth has done it all in her impressive 50-year career.

So it's no surprise that SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film, the country's premier venue for the convergence of these two fields, located at the SCAD Atlanta branch of the iconic Savannah College of Art and Design recently celebrated her with a wide-ranging exhibition.

SCAD FASH "celebrates fashion as a universal language, garments as important conduits of identity, and film as an immersive and memorable medium of popular culture," and no one can argue that the German-born image-maker, whose name alone is so evocative, has had a massive impact on these realms of popular culture. "Ellen von Unw66 "Derth is one of the industry's most enigmatic personalities and photographer style is truly one-of-a-kind, and her images and films are spontaneous, playful, bold, and seductive." as the museum notes.