HISTORY
Award-winning editorial and fashion photographer, Andrea Blanch, launched Musée Magazine in 2011. Reflecting on her pivotal mentorship with famed-fashion photographer, Richard Avedon, Blanch aimed to extend and develop similar opportunities for emerging artists. In the midst of celebrating its fifth year of publication, Musée continues to evolve as a distinguished source and forceful advoc
ate of the contemporary art world. A vanguard of photography and compendium of diversity, each issue strives to unite photographers, gallerists, curators and collectors with Musée’s followership and engage in the thought-provoking narrative behind the work. FOUNDER/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
“I choose people who are risk-takers, who would do anything for the photograph,” says Andrea Blanch, photographer, founder and Editor-In-Chief of Museé Magazine. A native New Yorker, Blanch trained as a painter and received her BFA from Ohio State University and continued studies in film at New York University. A chance encounter with acclaimed photographer, Richard Avedon, introduced Blanch to photography and cultivated an invaluable mentor-protégé relationship. She attributes Avedon with establishing “a level of excellence, raised the bar and nurtured my vision and talent.”
Following her apprenticeship, Blanch navigated through the male-dominated fashion industry, landed a high-profile account with American Vogue and was applauded by industry professionals. Publisher/artist, Alexander Liberman, recalls her arresting images “photographed intimacy better than anyone else I’ve ever seen.”
Blanch’s professional work spans over thirty years and encompasses commercial, portrait and fine art photography. Her prints are featured in diverse publications, ranging from Details, Elle, Esquire, G.Q., Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone and continued spreads with Vogue (domestically and internationally). She is most recognized for her sensual portrayal of women, credited as “the woman who knows how to capture a woman.”
In 1998, after a five-year stint between Paris and Rome, Blanch published her first book, Italian Men: Love & S*x. The sensual, provoking volume ventures to dissect the je ne sais quois element that translates to an irresistible nature of Italian men. Through portraits and personal interviews, influential Italian men—the likes of fashion designer, Giorgio Armani and opera producer/director, Franco Zefferelli—to pedestrian citizens are chronicled in candid tell-alls about their perspectives on lust, love and romance. Blanch’s work has been featured at the International Center of Photography (ICP), The Art Director’s League, The Humane Society, Friends In Deed and Project Hope. Her most recent solo exhibit, Unexpected Company, was showcased at the Stanley Wise Gallery. Blanch has even delved into motion images, co-writing, producing and directing her premier short, Senseless. A fervent patron of the art world, Blanch remains entrenched in the community through lectures presented at the Smithsonian Institution, serving as an ICP faculty member and acting as Editor-In-Chief of Museé. Compounding with her passion for the arts is her commitment to charity. Blanch actively displays works from personal collections for charitable events, selling out venues while benefiting causes such as Friends International, PETA and the National Breast Cancer Foundation. SUPPORT MUSÉE MAGAZINE
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