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New York-based photographer Roxanne Lowit first rose to fame photographing fashion’s “elite” and eventually found herself as much a celebrity as those she shot. After studying art history and textile design, Lowit decided to trade in her paintbrush for a camera, realising that she didn’t have enough time to paint all the people who wanted to sit for her. Before long she and her 110 Instamatic camera were being snuck backstage at all the New York fashion shows by high-flying friends like Jerry Hall. “For me, that’s where it was happening,” she says. “No one thought there was anything going on backstage, so for years I was alone and loved it. I guess I made it look too good because now it’s so crowded with photographers. But there’s enough room for everybody.”
Today Lowit is still being commissioned by labels like Dior and Vivienne Westwood and her work continues to appear in publications like Italian Vanity Fair, French Elle, V Magazine, and Glamour.
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