Image: Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London
The Estorick Collection is presenting an exhibition focused on sisters Wanda Wulz (1903–1984) and Marion Wulz (1905–1993), important figures in Italian avant-garde photography. In 1928, the sisters inherited the photography studio founded by their grandfather, Giuseppe Wulz, and later run by their father, Carlo. Having been immersed in photography from an early age, they transformed the studio into a vibrant centre of artistic and commercial production in their native Trieste.
Their diverse clientele included artists, actors, dancers, athletes and fashion designer Anita Pittoni.
Curated by Federica Muzzarelli, the exhibition is organised in collaboration with the Fondazione Alinari per la Fotografia and supported by Calliope Arts Foundation. It is accompanied by talks, workshops and a fully illustrated publication.
The exhibition presents photography as a means through which both sisters articulated their identities as modern, emancipated women, situating their collaboration within interwar conversations about fashion, performance and female self-representation.
