Peter Lindbergh. On Fashion Photography

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Peter Lindbergh. On Fashion Photography (slovenský popis)

Na pláži v Malibu vznikla v roku 1988 séria White Shirts, ktorú nafotil Peter Lindbergh – fotografie, ktoré sa neskôr stali ikonickými po celom svete. Na prvý pohľad jednoduché, no prelomové zábery predstavili svetu nové tváre modelingu, ako napríklad Rachel Williams, Estelle Lefébure, Tatjanu Patitz a ďalšie. Práve tu sa začala nová éra, ktorá zásadne predefinovala ideál krásy a zároveň odštartovala Lindberghov vplyv na módnu fotografiu.

Táto kniha zhromažďuje viac než 300 fotografií z jeho štyridsaťročnej kariéry. Sleduje jeho charakteristický štýl, ktorý kombinuje filmovú atmosféru a humanistický prístup – výsledkom sú snímky, ktoré pôsobia zároveň zvodne aj introspektívne – akoby zachytávali vnútorný svet ľudí, nielen ich vonkajšok.

Peter Lindbergh je považovaný za priekopníka, ktorý odmietol tradičný ideál krásy. Namiesto dokonalosti oslavoval autenticitu, osobitosť a ľudskosť svojich modelov. Práve vďaka nemu sa presadili ikonické modelky ako Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer a ďalšie. Jeho záber však siahal ďaleko za svet módy – fotografoval aj hollywoodske a kultúrne ikony ako Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman či Isabelle Huppert. Jeho snímky zachytávajú skôr ľudskosť než slávu – v každej fotografii je prítomná jemná melanchólia a ticho, ktoré sú pre jeho tvorbu typické.

Táto edícia obsahuje aj aktualizovaný úvod založený na rozhovore z roku 2016, v ktorom Lindbergh spomína na svoje začiatky, napätý vzťah medzi komerčnou a umeleckou fotografiou a silu vizuálneho rozprávania príbehov, ktoré bolo vždy jadrom jeho práce.

Peter Lindbergh. On Fashion Photography (original)

It was on a Malibu beach in 1988 that Peter Lindbergh shot the White Shirts series, images now known the world over. Simple yet seminal, the photographs introduced us to Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Rachel Williams, Karen Alexander, Tatjana Patitz, and Estelle Lefébure. This marked the beginning of an era that redefined beauty, and Lindbergh would go on to alter the landscape of fashion photography for the decades that followed. This book gathers more than 300 images from forty years of Lindbergh’s career. It traces the German photographer’s cinematic inflections and humanist approach, which produced images at once seductive and introspective. In 1980 Rei Kawakubo asked Lindbergh to shoot a Commes des Garçons campaign, one of his earlier forays into commercial photography. Kawakubo gave him carte blanche. The following years brought forth collaborations with the most venerated names in fashion and resulted in a relationship of mutual reverence; Lindbergh’s respect for some of the greatest designers of our time is palpable in his portraits. Among those photographed are Azzedine Alaia, Giorgio Armani, Alber Elbaz, John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Karl Lagerfeld, Thierry Mugler, Yves Saint Laurent, Jil Sander, and Yohji Yamamoto. Widely considered a pioneer in his field, Lindbergh shirked the industry standards of beauty and instead celebrated the essence and individuality of his subjects. He was pivotal to the rise of models such as Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Cindy Crawford, Mariacarla Boscono, Lara Stone, Claudia Schiffer, Amber Valletta, Nadja Auermann, and Kristen McMenamy. Lindbergh’s reach also extended across Hollywood and beyond: Cate Blanchett, Charlotte Rampling, Richard Gere, Isabelle Huppert, Nicole Kidman, Madonna, Brad Pitt, Catherine Deneuve, and Jeanne Moreau all appear in his works. From the picture chosen by Anna Wintour as the cover of her first Vogue issue to the legendary shot of Tina Turner on the Eiffel Tower, it is never the clothes, celebrity, or glamour that takes center stage in a Lindbergh photograph. Each picture conveys the humanity of its subject with a serene melancholy that is uniquely and unmistakably Lindbergh. From the outset of his career, Lindbergh was well-known in the contemporary art world, where his photographs were exhibited in galleries long before they appeared in magazines. This edition features an updated introduction adapted from an interview in 2016, allowing a glimpse behind Lindbergh’s lens, where the photographer recounts his early collaborations, the tenuous relationship between commercial and fine art, and the power of storytelling.