At this year's Paris Photo, the MUUS Collection presented "Looking Out, Looking In: Larry Fink and Rosalind Fox Solomon with Lisette Model," an exhibition that placed the work of photographers Larry Fink (1941-2023) and Rosalind Fox Solomon (1930-2025) in dialogue with that of their teacher, Lisette Model (1901-83). The MUUS Collection, founded by Michael W. Sonnenfeldt, owns the archives of Fink and Solomon, acquired in 2024 and 2021 respectively, and partnered with the French gallery baudoin lebon to include Model's prints. The presentation was organized by Anne E. Havinga, curator of photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and highlighted Model's pedagogical legacy as a teacher at the New School for Social Research who emphasized personal vision and creative independence.
The exhibition matters because it underscores a broader resurgence of interest in Lisette Model, whose philosophical approach to photography—prioritizing psychological depth over technical skill—profoundly shaped two generations of artists. With Solomon's death earlier this year, the display takes on an elegiac quality, while MUUS's strategy of showing at Paris Photo demonstrates how archival collections can become active sites of interpretation rather than mere repositories. The presentation also coincides with a major Model exhibition at Vienna's Albertina museum and a forthcoming monograph from publisher Mack, signaling renewed institutional and market attention to her influence.