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Edward Steichen: In High Fashion - The Conde Nast Years, 1923-1937
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Product Description
The most extensive collection of Steichen's legendary Vogue and Vanity Fair work ever brought to the public. Edward Steichen was already a famous painter and photographer in America and abroad when, in early 1923, he was offered the most prestigious position in photography's commercial domain: that of chief photographer for Vogue and Vanity Fair.
Over the next fifteen years, Steichen would produce a body of work of unequaled brilliance, dramatizing and glamorizing contemporary culture and its achievers in politics, literature, film, sport, dance, theater, opera, and the world of high fashion. Here are iconic images of Gloria Swanson, Gary Cooper, Greta Garbo, and Charlie Chaplin as well as numerous other celebrities drawn from an archive of more than two thousand original prints. Until now, no more than a handful have been exhibited or published in book form. The photographs of the 1920s and 1930s represent the high point in Steichen's career and are among the most striking creations of twentieth-century photography. 242 illustrations.Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #130420 in Books
- Published on: 2008-10-11
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 288 pages
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About the Author
Todd Brandow is the founding director of the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and in Paris.
William A. Ewing is the curator and director of the Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne. He lives in Switzerland.
Customer Reviews
Outstanding!
This is an outstanding book, and really shows how Steichen contributed so much to what we think of as fashion and glamor photography. The reproduction of the photos is excellent. Because these photos originally appeared in magazines, I would bet that they look better here than they did in those original publications. There's not a lot of text, but what there is is certainly informative and interesting. Highly recommended!
unbelievable great pictures
this was a gift for my husband but it end in a pleasure for all of us and our friends, EVERYBODY love to look at this illustrated book and enjoy it !
