The company I work for don't give us much in the way of benefits.
I mean really, compared to other companies we are a little hard done by.
I hear ya...boo hoo me right?
But it's all relative.
Anyway one of the few benefits we do get is two free nights a year so G and I are using them this weekend and staying in The Mayfair in.....Mayfair.
Well duh!
We were recommended to go see the Vanity Fair exhibition at The National Portrait Gallery.
And it was stunning.
It displays some of the finest pictures used in the mag since it's inception in 1913.
There is the famous Demi Moore pic where she is naked and very pregnant, a portrait of Clint Eastwood in black and white with life etched into his craggy handsome features and Liza Minnelli in tight corset with cigarette hanging from the corner of her mouth.
There are also some amazing group portraits, most notably one the RSC featuring Sir Ian Mckellen and Patrick Stewart.
What really stood out for me was the works of Annie Lebiwitz.
I had always known of her but she was on the periphery of my conciousness.
But to see all her amazing pieces of photographic art has totally blown me away.
They all have a depth of emotion, the composition of the setting enhances the subject to the extent that it is an extension of the subject.
And there is a sly wryness to them.
I am now eager to find more of her work.
But in terms of the exhibtiom...
Press the pause button and go check them out.
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