Author: BEAUPRE, MARION DE. BAUMET, STEPHANE. POSCHARDT, ULF. (EDS. )
Title: Archaeology of Elegance : 1980-2000 - 20 Years of Fashion Photography / Text by Ulf Poschardt, Edited by Marion Beaupre, Stephane Baumet and Ulf Poshardt
Description: New York : Rizzoli 2002. First Edition. Archeology of Elegance is an exceptional and dynamic collection of 200 superb photographs by sixty-two of today's most acclaimed photographers from Robert Mapplethorpe to Peter Lindbergh. Miles Aldridge. Herb Ritts. Ellen von Unwerth. Nick Knight. David Lachapelle and Jean-Baptiste Mondino. presenting fashion photography as art. During the past twenty years. there is no question that fashion photography has become a driving force for new directions in fashion. design and cosmetics and a vital source of ideas for the visual arts and design–manifesting itself in forms as diverse as punk rock. glamour or high-tech futurism. According to culture critic Ulf Poschardt. fashion photography has become the new. almost self-sufficient leitmedia of international culture. a culture that is expressed increasingly in visual terms. As seen in Archeology of Elegance. this once commercial and functional craft has become. without question. an art form in itself. The book accompanies an exhibition in Paris and Hamburg with upcoming venues in New York. LA. Tokyo and London; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 363 pages.ISBN: 0847825124. Weight in Kg appr.:

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