Lecture: "Icons of Style: a Century of Fashion Photography (1911-2011)" with Paul Martineau, Associate Curator, Department of Photographs,The j. Paul Getty Museum, 10:30 a.m., July 21, 2018. Made for consumption in magazines and advertising, fashion photography – like fashion itself – is a reactive genre. To hold our attention, it is perpetually shifting shape in the face of social political, and economic changes. The pace of these changes ushered out photographers who were unable to keep up, ensuring that the field was ruled by a handful of the most creative and innovative practitioners. Drawn from the Getty Museum’s permanent collection and supplemented by loans from private and public sources, the "Icons of Style" exhibition features more than one hundred-sixty photographs presented alongside a selection of costumes, illustrations, magazine covers, videos, and advertisements. This lively talk will introduce the project, providing insights on its key themes before taking a closer look at individual art objects. Paul Martineau is Associate Curator in the Department of Photographs at the j. Paul Getty Museum. He received a b. a. in Art from the University of Massachusetts at Boston and an m. a. in Art History from Williams College.  Before joining the Getty Museum in 2003, Martineau held positions at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. He has organized numerous exhibitions at the Getty covering a range of topics that span from the beginnings of photographic history to today. Martineau is the author/coauthor of many books, including, most recently, Icons of Style: a Century of Fashion Photography (2018); Robert Mapplethorpe: The Photographs (2016); The Thrill of the Chase: The Wagstaff Collection of Photographs at the j. Paul Getty Museum (2016); and Minor White: Manifestations of the Spirit (2014). 10:30 a.m., Getty Research Institute auditorium, The j. Paul Getty Museum. Admission to Tma program: tma Members and Guests Gratis.