Fashion Photography Now

This is a collection of photos where the emphasis is on the fashion and yet the clothes on the people do not dominate the image. Sometimes the emphasis is on what the people are doing, other times it is on the other objects in the photo and sometimes the person the clothes are covering. And yet, the clothing still manages to be a significant component of the image. Those characteristics make the best fashion photographs, which these certainly are. I looked through it and was impressed with the appearance of each person and their clothes, independent of whether they were in fact wearing them.

Shying away from the standard sort of fashion photography (read: flawless and posed) seen in most collections, this book compiles fabulous work by both prominent and up and coming photographers. Pulling shots from the pages of international magazines, as well as a handful of unpublished works, Chermayeff has presented a myriad of lovely contemporary images. The paper stock used is fantastic, the color saturation first-rate. Whether for the rabid fashionista, the art collector, or the photography buff, this tome makes a stylish gift. Those with an eye for photography can see that these phtotgraphers will be the Irving Penn's, the Horst's, and the Scavullo's of the 21st century.