More than just a pretty frock

Impossibly beautiful people wearing clothes only they can fit into... Even if you're not a fashion-obsessive, is there something fashion photography can offer - either as art, or some kind of window into a time and place? Former fashion photographers Annie Leibovitz and David Bailey proved it's not all about the frocks. Now New Yorker Lindsay Adler is one of the current generation of photographers who believes her craft has value outside the fashion world. Lynn Freeman talked to Lindsay, currently in Wellington to address the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers conference, and while she's here, to photograph some World of Wearable Art outfits.