Giclée "Calvin Klein, Lower Manhattan, Soho NYC"

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Rod Nissen-Petzer (South African-American, 20th/21st century)
Calvin Klein, Lower Manhattan, Soho NYC, circa 2020
Giclée on paper
Signed to the lower right
Numbered 1/1
Titled to the verso

A limited edition giclée titled Calvin Klein by photographer Rod Nissen-Petzer. Taken in 2006, this work features a view of the famous Calvin Klein billboard location that has been regarded as the most coveted advertising location in New York, perhaps in the United States. This 53-foot by 75-foot billboard across the entire side of a building located on Houston between Lafayette and Crosby streets, has featured Calvin Klein ads for decades as the American brand has contracted the building for permanent display. The ads have become known for their racy, provocative imagery, and sometimes drawing complaints for liability issues as they have been known to stop traffic. Photographer Nissen-Petzer shot this photo at a time when the Calvin Klein ad stood alone, with no other billboards, contrary to how it is today with the street corner surrounded by other advertisements. Because the area has become the most desirable advertising real estate, other billboards at the intersection cost advertisers between $1 and $3 million a month. The Calvin Klein billboard is photographed hundreds of times every day because of the controversial nature of the photographs and then shared with millions of people via social media.

Rodney Nissen-Petzer obtained his photography degree in South Africa at Durban University of Technology. In addition to South Africa, he has spent his career working in London and the United States. Previously, his agent in London was Martyn Creed at M+M Management (now at Sarah Kaye). Throughout his career, Nissen-Petzer has worked with a number of respected fashion editors and photographers such as Iain R. Webb for The Times in London, Caroline Baker for You magazine, Michael Roberts for Tatler, Horst P. Horst, and Clive Arrowsmith. He has also photographed numerous well-known models and celebrities, including Alexa Singer, Naomi Campbell, Erin O’Connor, Rachel Boss, Christina Aguilera, and Jennifer Lopez. He also photographed Tara Fitzgerald for British Vogue and Francesca Annis for London Portrait Magazine. Some notable companies he has worked for are Vidal Sassoon, Butler & Wilson, and The World Gold Council.

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ITMGJ11283