Sirpa Salenius (WG1) is organizing a photo exhibit in Helsinki – Bettina Cirone: Aperture on New York City, 1960-1980 – in collaboration with Nina Öhman and Janne Lahti, Finnish Association for American Studies (FASA) as well as SAM-Helsinki and SAM-Joensuu:
Bettina Cirone: Aperture on New York City, 1960-1980 presents Bettina Cirone’s (b. 1933) photographs of her native New York during the 1960s-1980s. During her career in photography, Cirone worked as architecture, sports, fashion, and celebrity photographer. The exhibition features her photos of New York City in the 1960s-1980s, from Muhammad Ali to Salvador Dalì and Andy Warhol, from New York street scenes to the hedonistic nightlife at Studio 54.
