Salvador Dalí, through the eyes of female photographers

Until 6 January 2019, the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation’s exhibition ‘The women photograph Dalí’ presents images taken by a group of modern, free-thinking women travellers, who chose photography as a means of expression and whose common denominator is Salvador Dalí.

Dalí was the object and active subject of numerous photography-related works. The most iconic portraits of the artist are usually associated with the greats from the history of photography, such as Man Ray, Cecil Beaton and Philippe Halsman. The renown of these unquestionably valuable photos have undoubtedly overshadowed the names of women who also captured the artist with their cameras and who, due to the quality of their work, deserve to be considered and studied in an inclusive analysis.

Thus, the Centre for Dalinian Studies has shone a light on the works of key 20th-century women photographers, such as Denise Bello, Martha Holmes and Liselotte Strelow. The centre has also recovered photos of women close to the artist, such as Valentine Hugo and Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt and place special emphasis on images attributed to Gala, as a way of discovering Salvador Dalí through the vision of his muse.