Fine art photography gallery Immagis in Munich’s Museumsviertel is giving us the opportunity to take an exhaustive look at Greg Gorman’s extensive career in the exhibition It’s Not About Me. The compilation is made by the photographer’s most outstanding portraits of idols, iconic advertising posters and even some of his greatest sensuous shots; now on view until November 30.
Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp and Sharon Stone are examples of the depicted celebrities taking part as models in this exhibition — shown for the first time out of the United States — curated from Gorman’s bestselling book It’s Not About Me. Throughout the four-hundred-page retrospective portfolio, the artist is presenting his finest shots taken in Hollywood during his half-century as a photographer.

Director John Waters and Elton John were in charge for the foreword and the epilogue of the ironically entitled It’s Not About Me model book in which the exhibition is based. As John Waters claims in the afterword, it sure is about Gorman and it should be. The artist has intrigued viewers from the onset of his career but, above all, he has been a formidable portrayer of his subjects, capable of showing the most intimate facets of a wide range of Hollywood stars.
2 John Waters La 1992 Copyright Greg Gorman Courtesy Immagis Art Photography (3).jpeg
John Waters, LA 1992. © Greg Gorman. Courtesy Immagis Art Photography.
4 Arnold Schwarzenegger Beverly Hills 1985 Copyright Greg Gorman Courtesy Immagis Art Photography.jpeg
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Beverly Hills 1985. © Greg Gorman. Courtesy Immagis Art Photography.
5 Leonardo Di Caprio La 1997 Copyright Greg Gorman Courtesy Immagis Art Photography.jpeg
Leonardo DiCaprio, LA 1997. © Greg Gorman. Courtesy Immagis Art Photography.
8 Laura Dern Los Angeles 1991 Copyright Greg Gorman Courtesy Immagis Art Photography.jpeg
Laura Dern, LA 1991. © Greg Gorman. Courtesy Immagis Art Photography.
7 David Michelak Los Angeles 1987 Copyright Greg Gorman Courtesy Immagis Art Photography.jpg
David Michelak, LA 1987. © Greg Gorman. Courtesy Immagis Art Photography.
3 Diana Ross La 1986 Copyright Greg Gorman Courtesy Immagis Art Photography.jpeg
Diana Ross, LA 1986. © Greg Gorman. Courtesy Immagis Art Photography.
10 Mike Myers La 1998 Copyright Greg Gorman Courtesy Immagis Art Photography.jpeg
Mike Myers, LA 1998. © Greg Gorman. Courtesy Immagis Art Photography.
11 Hugh Jackman La 2002 Copyright Greg Gorman Courtesy Immagis Art Photography.jpeg
Hugh Jackman, LA 2002. © Greg Gorman. Courtesy Immagis Art Photography.
12 Sophia Loren Pointing Finger Rome 1994 Copyright Greg Gorman Courtesy Immagis Art Photography.jpeg
Sophia Loren, Rome 1994. © Greg Gorman. Courtesy Immagis Art Photography.