“Culture Shift” Revisits the Radical Legacy of a British Magazine’s Boundary-Pushing Photos

Madonna by Jean Baptiste Mondino, June 1990.

A tightly cropped portrait of Madonna shows her wearing a black hooded top and black fingerless gloves, with her lips curled to one side in a defiant expression, taken from a 1983 The Face cover shoot.

“The Face Magazine: Culture Shift” is on view at The National Portrait Gallery in London through May 18, 2025.

“Culture Shift” Revisits the Radical Legacy of a British Magazine’s Boundary-Pushing Photos