Newly available in paperback, this groundbreaking publication the first full-scale study of the face in contemporary photography announces the death of the conventional portrait and the birth of a new approach to representation. In challenging accepted notions of the photographic portrait, these ima[...]
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[...]
Conde 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. Conde Nast himself was gifted at spotting future stars, and, by surrou[...]