From the filth and the fury to the elegant extravaganza, Peter Gravelle has remained in the shadows of punk rock, low culture and high fashion, deflecting attention while steadily producing an epic body of iconic work. The Death of Photography is a tour de force, a high end art book showcasing forty years of the best punk, fashion and portraiture of Gravelle's career. Heavily stylised images are woven together with Gravelle’s own fascinating recollections from a live lived in technicolour. Behind the glittering facade of the fashion business, Milan, Paris, Athens, Tokyo, NYC, LA, he has been there, witness to the dark underbelly of the trade.
In this unique monograph, Jeanloup Sieff (1933-2000) retraces in words and images the course of 40 years of photographs, encounters, and memories. Divided into four...
A sumptuous feast of a book, Frida allows the reader to enter this revered artist's world, both literally and metaphorically. Through a series of consecutive...