Icons of Style
A Century of Fashion Photography
by Paul Martineau
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Pub Date Jul 10 2018 | Archive Date Oct 30 2018
Getty Publications | J. Paul Getty Museum
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Description
This lavishly illustrated survey of one hundred years of fashion photography updates and reevaluates this history in five chronological chapters by experts in photography and fashion history. It includes more than three hundred photographs by the genre’s most famous practitioners as well as important but lesser-known figures, alongside a selection of costumes, fashion illustrations, magazine covers, and advertisements.
Available Editions
EDITION | Hardcover |
ISBN | 9781606065587 |
PRICE | $65.00 (USD) |
PAGES | 368 |
Featured Reviews
It took me a while to get through, yet it was such a rewarding reading experience. For someone who is interested in the history of photography, as a research topic, and in fashion, as a hobby, this book is a real treat! I am planning to get myself a copy, not because it would rest fabulously on my coffee table, but because some of the essays are worth revisiting, specifically those about the early years of artistic fashion photography.
Each essay is dedicated to a particular section of the century it covers (from 1911 to 2011) and each is thoroughly researched and, therefore, very culturally dense, discussing how fashion photography went from establishing itself as a “reactive genre” in Paul Martineau’s “Style in the Face of Crisis,” to the era in which “fashion became a central form of cultural expression,” in Michal Raz-Russo’s “From Rebellion to Seduction.” At the end of every essay, there is a generous section of page-filling images that are referenced throughout the book, pertaining to all the big names past and present, longtime favourites of mine, plus other lesser known artists. Some of these images are just as expressive and experimental now as they were in the time they were taken. I would have loved to see the exhibit so this book is as close as it gets!
*Thanks to NetGalley & Getty Publications for the opportunity to read a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.*
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