Tony Viramontes

Tony Viramontes was a fashion illustrator and photographer whose expressive drawings became prominent in magazines during the late 1970s and 1980s. His work appeared in The Face, Vogue, Lei, Per Lui and Marie Claire, connecting editorial illustration with the visual culture of fashion and music.

He worked for designers and houses including Valentino, Jean Paul Gaultier, Givenchy and Issey Miyake. His portraits included Janet Jackson, Paloma Picasso and Isabella Rossellini. He died in 1988; Fondazione Sozzani presented the retrospective Bold, Beautiful and Damned in 2013.