Take a glimpse behind the scenes of the Life Ball, one of the biggest AIDS charity events in the world, which took place on May 31 at Vienna City Hall. Photos by Igor Ramírez García Peralta.
Franca Sozzani
The best faces of Vienna
Nicolas Pages and the mythical Cordula Reyer
Cameron Silver, straight from LA
Marie-Alice Brandner-Wolfzahn
Zemmoa, all the way from Mexico City
The look for Givenchy
Last touches before the fashion show styled by Robert Rabensteiner
The look at the fashion show: male geishas for Viktor & Rolf
Life Ball dancers
Teresa Maccapani and Georg Buchegger
A Givenchy bite
Carmen Carrera listening to the final instructions
Rob Evans showing some muscle for the Climate Revolution of Vivienne Westwood
Etro and Magik Masks by Constanza Cavalli-Etro
Werner Schreyer rocking the Etro look with a colleague
Irina Gavrich for DSquared2
Constanza Cavalli-Etro
Constanza Cavalli-Etro and Igor Ramírez García-Peralta
Paul Boche and a friend
Simona Gandolfi and Hubertus von Hohenlohe
Prince Guido Torlonia and a friend
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Igor Ramírez García Peralta
On paper Igor is a lawyer. In real life he is a spy. He has a Masters Degree in Intellectual Property Law from King’s College London. And he trained as an actor at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in NYC. Since 2012 he collaborates with Thyssen Bornemisza Art Contemporary in the organization of international exhibitions, particularly in Latin America, and with Expo Chicago, as its International Developer. He is also affiliated with LIVE Aids, the charity that organizes the Life Ball in Vienna and has several contemporary art projects running on the side. As a freelance writer he collaborates with Gatopardo and Harper’s Bazaar Latin America (Mexico), Artribune (Italy), Parterre de Rois (Italy/UK), and NOWNESS (UK). Igor was born in Mexico City to a Mexican mother and a Spanish father. He grew up between Mexico and Germany. He is fluent in Spanish, English, German, and Italian and is based in Milan.
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