This major retrospective of influential Viennese photographer Lisette Model (1901-83) continues Kunsthalle Wien’s intent to highlight exiled Austrian artists. After an initial interest in music – studying under Schöneberg in Vienna – she took up photography in her 30s. Her perceptive visions of bougeoise life on the Côte d’Azur were published in the US during World War II under the title ‘Why France Fell’. Musical themes dominated her American exile where she took the now famous shots of jazz pioneers performing at clubs and festivals. These photos form the core of the show and are displayed with musical extracts by the likes of Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Chico Hamilton.
