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Within the pantheon of fashion photographers, the late Gösta Peterson stays largely unheralded — but that might be changing. The primary posthumous show of his imaginative, go-with-the-flow work debuts Thursday at Deborah Bell Photographs at 526 West twenty sixth Street in Manhattan. “Gösta Peterson Photographs Sixties-Nineteen Seventies” brings into focus the Swedish American talent’s progressive elan. Peterson, who died on the age of 94 in 2017, prized his independence and elements of surprise, whereas the photography of his contemporaries Irving Penn and Richard Avedon was generally more studied. Bell compared the freelance-focused Peterson to the late sports photographer-turned-fashion photographer Martin Munkacsi, who was quick to capture not only motion but a spirited moment with an incredible eye for composition. “His talent is...