Icons of Style - A Century of Fashion Photography by Paul Martineau
An informative, lavishly illustrated survey of one hundred years of fashion photography, including more than three hundred photographs by the genre's most famous practitioners.
"Though the images are powerful in their own right, a hefty, 368-page exhibition catalog adds to the scholarship with thoroughly documented and illustrated chapters on the medium's evolution" --Los Angeles Times "A historical roadmap through the world of fashion photography. . .The artfully curated book. . . is more than a beautiful ornament meant to collect dust atop your coffee table."--The Daily Beast "An enlightening survey of one hundred years of fashion photography."--Photo District News ." . . this impressive tome is an elegant exploration of where fashion, advertising, history and art come together. A must-have for any fashion or fashion photography aficionado." --Photographer's Forum "This stupendous compendium makes an alluring case for fashion photography as art . . . ." --Financial Times "This coffee table companion to the upcoming exhibition is a comprehensive survey of developments in 20th-century photographic style and taste through that lens, and it's gorgeous." --The Globe and Mail
Paul Martineau has curated numerous exhibitions at the J. Paul Getty Museum and is the author or coauthor of "Herb Ritts: L.A. Style" (Getty Publications, 2012), "Robert Mapplethorpe: The Photographs" (Getty Publications, 2016), and |The Thrill of the Chase: The Wagstaff Collection of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum" (Getty Publications, 2016). Elizabeth Anne MacCauley is a David Hunter McAlpin Professor of the History of Photography and Modern Art at Princeton University. Her most recent book is "The Steerage and Alfred Stieglitz" (University of California, 2002). Ivan Shaw is the corporate photography director for Conde Nast Art & Archive Department.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781606065587 |
| ISBN 10 | 1606065580 |
| Title | Icons of Style - A Century of Fashion Photography |
| Author | Paul Martineau |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Getty Trust Publications |
| Year published | 2018-07-10 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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