FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY THE STORY IN 180 PICTURES

By Eugenie Shinkle

Here are the few words presenting the book:

“Fashion photography captures our desires and fantasies for how we present ourselves ti the world, reflecting the changing values of our culture and society.

Fashion Photography: The Story in 180 Pictures explores the profound influence that fashion photography had on us for over a century, presenting its evolution as a language, and a genre, while showcasing some of its most glamourous moments. Featuring works by important fashion photographers of the past, alongside those shaping contemporary taste today - including Richard Avedon, Horst P Horst, William Klein, Helmut Newton, Guy Bourdin, Chris von Wangenheim, Steven Meisel, Corine Day, and Juergen Teller, to name a few- fashion chronicler Eugenie Shinkle illuminates each photographer and their place in the bigger picture.”

This book is excellent in highlighting key fundamental images that had a profound impact on the History of Fashion photography and society. Organized in chronological order, it focuses on the artists and their masterpieces. It is bold in its choices and simplified vision of Fashion photography and its history. It was very well written by Eugenie Shinkle who achieve to make her book both educative and accessible, one that can be read step by step and revisited on a regular basis.