This fall, the Victoria & Albert Museum will exhibit the definitive retrospective of the work by master photographer Horst P. Horst (1906-1999) – one of the leading photographers of the previous century. In his illustrious career that spanned 60 years, the German-born photographer worked predominantly in New York and Paris while creatively traversing the worlds of photography, art, fashion, design, theater and high society.

‘Horst: Photographer of Style’ will have 250 photographs on show, alongside haute couture garments, magazines, film footage and ephemera. The retrospective will investigate Horst’s collaborations and friendship with leading fashion designers as Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli in Paris; actors as Marlene Dietrich and Noël Coward; and artists and designers as Salvador Dalí and jean-Michel Frank. Also lesser-known aspects of Horst’s work will be revealed with nude studies, travel photographs from the Middle East and patterns created from natural forms.

Horst: Photographer of Style runs from 6 September 2014 – 4 January 2015 at the V&A.