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3 Jun

Harley Weir’s latest book is an erotic meditation on

Described as a study in desire, FATHER is a latest photobook from British photographer Harley Weir featuring portraits, nudes, still-lifes, and full body photograms nearly all of which have never been seen before. Speaking in regards to the latest book, Weir says it's an exploration and worship of the male body – although the term male covers the entire spectrum all the way in which as much as “women that discover as women.” Intimate and raw, Weir’s photographs portray the body at its most visceral as flesh and hair are unflinchingly captured. “It’s hard to know what you fully desire as a lady when almost every thing sexual you may have seen was made by a person. I all the time...

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24 Feb

This book explores what it’s prefer to navigate beauty

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This book explores what it’s prefer to navigate beauty

Chloé Cooper Jones discusses her debut book Easy Beauty – an eye-opening exploration of beauty from someone who exists on the periphery of our cultural beauty ideals “I'm in a bar in Brooklyn, listening to 2 men, my friends, discuss whether my life is price living.” So begins Easy Beauty, the debut book and genre-bending memoir from philosophy professor and Pulitzer Prize-finalist author Chloé Cooper Jones. It’s not the primary time her body – its autonomy and inherent value – has been discussed in front of her. Not the primary time it’s been discussed as if separate from her, the person sat right there, listening as friends, colleagues or strangers evaluate her existence, dismissing...

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20 Nov

Givenchy’s Recent Book, Celebrating Helmut Newton, Ami’s China Push

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Givenchy’s Recent Book, Celebrating Helmut Newton, Ami’s China Push

ONE FOR THE BOOKS: A definitive volume chronicles the catwalks of Givenchy, spanning from the 1952 debut of Hubert de Givenchy to the autumn 2023 collection by incumbent artistic director Matthew M. Williams. Published by Thames & Hudson, “Givenchy Catwalk, the Complete Collections” is coauthored by fashion historian Alexandre Samson, who's a curator at Paris’ Palais Galliera museum, and fashion critic Anders Christian Madsen. The 632-page volume is organized chronologically, each section starting with a succinct biography of de Givenchy, John Galliano, Alexander McQueen, Julien Macdonald, Riccardo Tisci, Clare Waight Keller and Williams. 1000's of images captured throughout the couture and ready-to-wear presentations give a snapshot of every season. Giving this in-depth and chronological read of Givenchy’s history offers “understanding of the evolution...

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8 Nov

The brand new book capturing the chaos and magic

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Legendary art director Ezra Petronio talks about taking Polaroids of upstart industry trailblazers, being mentored by Miuccia Prada, and pioneering cult fashion mag Self Service In Ezra Petronio’s world, no man is an island and collaboration is king. Accordingly, the primary words the celebrated art director and co-founder and artistic director of Self Service magazine pens in his recent monograph are quite literally, ‘a shared journey’. Similarly, when his publisher suggested some friends might provide quotes about his work, he dismissed the idea for something more universal. “I said no way – if you happen to want people then I’ll ask them to answer questions on creative integrity,” he explains. Subsequently, Ezra Petronio: Visual Pondering & Image Making features,...

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