Founded
1981
Directors
Etheleen Staley
Taki Wise
George Kocis
Locations
100 Crosby Street
Suite 305
New York
10012
United States
Exhibited artists
Slim Aarons
Richard Avedon
Harry Benson
Louise Dahl-Wolfe
Arthur Elgort
Ron Galella
Ormond Gigli
William Helburn
Horst P. Horst
David LaChapelle
Sheila Metzner
Herb Ritts
Melvin Sokolsky
Bert Stern
Ellen von Unwerth
Founded in 1981, the Staley-Wise Gallery has pioneered fashion photography as an art form. The gallery has curated exhibitions highlighting excellence in the genre by photographers who have led the field through elegance, wit, and invention. This work has been recognized for exhibition in major museums globally and continues its influence in the art world.
David LaChapelle
Collapse in a Garden
1995
30x40 inches / 76.2x101.6 cm
C-Print
Courtesy Staley-Wise Gallery, New York / © David LaChapelle
William Helburn
Red Canoe: Barbara Mullen
1957
30x40 inches / 76.2x101.6 cm
Archival Pigment Print
Courtesy Staley-Wise Gallery, New York / © William Helburn
Louise Dahl-Wolfe
Jean Patchett, Granada, Spain
1953
11x14 inches / 28x35.5 cm
Gelatin Silver Print
Courtesy Staley-Wise Gallery, New York / © Center for Creative Photography at the The University of Arizona
Horst P. Horst
Park Avenue Fashion, New York
1962
20x24 inches / 51x61 cm
Platinum Palladium Print
Courtesy Staley-Wise Gallery, New York / © Horst Estate
Herb Ritts
Fred with Tires, Hollywood
1984
20x24 inches / 51x61 cm
Gelatin Silver Print
Courtesy Staley-Wise Gallery, New York / © Herb Ritts Foundation
Ormond Gigli
Girls in the Windows, New York
1960
39x39 inches / 99x99 cm
Archival Pigment Print
Courtesy Staley-Wise Gallery, New York / © Ormond Gigli
Sheila Metzner
The Kiss, Fendi
1986
23.5x31.75 inches / 59.7x80.6 cm
Fresson Print
Courtesy Staley-Wise Gallery, New York / © Sheila Metzner
Melvin Sokolsky
Happarition, Paris
1965
30x30 inches / 76.2x76.2 cm
Archival Pigment Print
Courtesy Staley-Wise Gallery, New York / © Melvin Sokolsky
Harry Benson
Andy Warhol and Bianca Jagger at The Factory, New York
1977
23x50 inches / 58.4x 127 cm
Archival Pigment Print
Courtesy Staley-Wise Gallery, New York / © Harry Benson