Alexi Lubomirski: Diverse Beauty - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 886208479X ISBN 13: 9788862084796

Publisher: Damiani, 2016

Synopsis

England-born, New York–based photographer Alexi Lubomirski has become an established name within the fashion industry, shooting for such publications as Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue and GQ, and working with cover stars such as Charlize Theron, Gwyneth Paltrow, Natalie Portman, Jennifer Lopez and Nicole Kidman, to name but a few. It was after shooting Lupita Nyong’o, however, that Lubomirski was struck by the homogeneity of the subjects he’d been hired to shoot professionally. Often when he submitted a list of models he was interested in shooting, responses would range along the lines of “we love her, but...,” “her hair is a problem,” “she is too dark” or “she is too light to make a statement.”

In Diverse Beauty, Lubomirski aims to move beyond the underrepresentation of women from a range of ethnicities in fashion media. The volume compiles his photographs of beautiful women of every color, size, age and sexual orientation in a celebration of beauty that adds dimension to the standards so omniscient in Western fashion magazines and advertisements.

This handsome volume of cinematic fashion portraiture--featuring such subjects as Lupita Nyong’o, Rashida Jones, Salma Hayek, Demi Lovato, Anja Rubik, Jennifer Lopez, Chanel Iman, Hari Nef, Isabella Rossellini, Tyra Banks and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, among many others--is also a small step in the direction of changing societal norms.

About this title

About the Author:

Alexi Lubomirski was born in England to a Peruvian-English mother and a Polish-French father. Lubomirski has become an established name within the fashion industry, shooting for such publications as Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Elle, Numero, W, GQ and Allure. He has also shot cover stars such as Beyonce Knowles, Charlize Theron, Natalie Portman, Jennifer Lopez, Selma Hayek, Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, and Scarlett Johansson, among others. In 2008, Lubomirski had his first exhibition, Transit, at MILK gallery in New York, a mixed media commentary on TV culture, comprised of pre-conceived film stills. In 2014, he published his first photography book, Decade, a collection of his celebrity and fashion work from 2003-13.

Review:

...it was after shooting actress Lupita Nyong’o that Lubomirski was struck by the homogeneity of the 'looks' he'd been assigned to shoot professionally...In response, the photographer conceived Diverse Beauty (Damiani), which celebrates women including TSS survivor Lauren Wasser and transgender model Hari Nef. (Seunghee Suh Allure)

In an industry that can feel exclusive and snobby, Alexi Lubomirski is proof that inclusivity and openness work just as well, if not better. (Faith Cummings Yahoo Beauty)

About this edition

• Publisher: Damiani
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 886208479X
• ISBN 13: 9788862084796
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192