Since 2002 Ira Stehmann has been advising the Nicola Erni Collection in Zug/Steinhausen, Switzerland, with regard to building a contemporary photography collection, focussing on Zeitgeist & Glamour | Photography of the 1960s and 1970s as well as on fashion photography.
Zeitgeist & Glamour | Photography of the 1960's and 1970's
2002 - 2016
Artists: Diane Arbus, Eve Arnold, Richard Avedon, David Bailey, Harry Benson, Guy Bourdin, Bob Colacello, Raymond Depardon, Terence Donovan, Elliott Erwitt, Nat Finkelstein, Ron Galella, Ormond Gigli, Dennis Hopper, Frank Horvat, William Klein, Robert Mapplethorpe, Christopher Makos, Billy Name, Terry O’Neill, Irving Penn, Edward Quinn, Bob Richardson, Franco Rubartelli, Melvin Sokolsky, Jeanloup Sieff, Francesco Scavullo, Jerry Schatzberg, Christian Skrein, Lord Snowdon, Bert Stern, Andy Warhol, Garry Winogrand und andere.
Advisor to the Nicola Erni Collection: Ira Stehmann, until mid-2010 in collaboration with Dr. Petra Giloy-Hirtz
Exhibition: Zeitgeist & Glamour im NRW-Forum Düsseldorf
February - May 2011, curated by Ira Stehmann
Publication: Zeitgeist & Glamour. Fotografien der 1960-er & 1970-er Jahre
Prestel Publishing: München London New York, 2011.
Exhibition: SHOOT! SHOOT! SHOOT! | Photographs from the 60s and 70s from the Nicola Erni Collection
Munich Stadtmuseum
September 16, 2016 to January 15, 2017
Curated by Dr. Ulrich Pohlmann and Ira Stehmann
January 21 through May 27, 2018