Edward Steichen, Actress Gloria Swanson, 1924; Vanity Fair February 1928;

To celebrate its 25th year as a relaunched magazine - and 95th anniversary as an American publication - Vanity Fair has published an award-winning book and exhibition called Vanity Fair The Portraits, showcasing photography by masters of the image from Steichen to Leibovitz and including works by previous Arles participants, from Weston to Goldin.

At an evening projection, David Friend, Vanity Fair’s editor of creative development, and Susan White, the magazine’s photography director, will discuss the magazine’s storied legacy in photographic portraiture from the Jazz Age (which included innovators such as De Meyer, Man Ray and Beaton) to the 21st century, discussing the European roots of the publication and its continued dedication to treating photographers as visual artists and auteurs.

For the first time in Europe, the exhibition brings together, through more than two hundred runs, the editorial work of the famous American photographer for Rolling Stone magazine, Vanity Fair, Vogue, but also its most intimate photographs, his family and his relatives. The Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris presents Annie Leibovitz. This special exhibition, Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s Life, 1990–2005 includes more than 200 photographs, featuring well-known work made on editorial assignment, as well as personal photographs of her family and close friends. “I don’t have two lives,” Leibovitz says. “This is one life, and the personal pictures and the assignment work are all part of it.” On exhibit through 14 September, 2008.