COMING INTO FASHION - A CENTURY OF PHOTOGRAPHY AT CONDE NAST /ANGLAIS

HERSCHDORFER NATHALI

ISBN 10: 0500544174 / ISBN 13: 9780500544174

Published by THAMES HUDSON, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: COMING INTO FASHION - A CENTURY OF PHOTOGRAPHY AT CONDE NAST /ANGLAIS
• Publisher: THAMES HUDSON
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500544174
• ISBN 13: 9780500544174
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Neuf

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Synopsis

Fashion photography is said to have begun with the distinguished American photographer Edward Steichen in 1911, and in the more than hundred years since then the genre has attracted some of the most talented photographers in the history of the medium. Many of them started their careers thanks to the editors and art directors of Vogue, Glamour and other Cond Nast publications. This book, featuring the work of 85 of the great fashion photographers past and present, drawn from the Cond Nast archives in New York, Paris and Milan, illustrates the early work of such celebrated practitioners as Cecil Beaton, Irving Penn, David Bailey, Helmut Newton, Corinne Day, Ellen von Unwerth and Mario Testino that appeared in the pages of the companys magazines. The book is arranged chronologically from 1910 to 2010, and each plate section is interleaved with texts that recount the major photographers of the period and the changing styles of photography and fashion. The book also includes an interview with Franca Sozzani, the editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia, essays by Olivier Saillard and Sylvie Lcallier from the Muse Galliera, Paris, and an introduction by author Nathalie Herschdorfer, photography historian and curator. A brief biography of each photographer is included at the back of the book.

From the Inside Flap

Condé Nast launched the careers of many great photographers. The discovery of most of the biggest names in fashion photography and the nurturing of their talent into full bloom can rightly be credited to that visionary publisher. Condé Nast himself was gifted at spotting future stars, and, by surrounding himself with the very best and most creative, he placed Vogue magazine, along with other titles such as Glamour, at the forefront of the photographic avant-garde and propelled them to positions of great social and cultural influence.