ISBN: 147676347X 9781476763477

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Artists, Architects, Photographers

Page count: 432

<b>“This thoroughly absorbing narrative dazzles with the most profound investigation and research. <i>Focus </i>is an enthralling and riveting read.” —Tim Gunn</b><br><br>“Smart, well-researched…engaging…canny” (<i>New York Times Book Review</i>), <i>Focus </i>is a “fast-paced—and clearly insider—look at the rarefied, sexy world of fashion photography” (Lauren Weisberger, author of <i>The Devil Wears Prada</i>). <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author Michael Gross brings to life the wild genius, egos, passions, and antics of the men (and a few women) behind the camera, probing the lives, hang-ups, and artistic triumphs of more than a dozen of fashion photography’s greatest visionaries, including Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Bill King, Helmut Newton, Gilles Bensimon, Bruce Weber, Steven Meisel, and Bob and Terry Richardson.<br> <br> Tracing the highs and lows of fashion photography from the late 1940s to today, <i>Focus </i>takes you behind the scenes to reveal the revolutionary creative processes and fraught private passions of these visionary magicians, “delving deep into the fascinating rivalries” (<i>The Daily News</i>) between photographers, fashion editors, and publishers like Condé Nast and Hearst. Weaving together candid interviews, never-before-told insider anecdotes and insights born of his three decades of front-row and backstage reporting on modern fashion, <i>Focus </i>is “simply unrivaled…a sensation….Gross is a modern-day Vasari, giving us <i>The Lives of the Artists</i> in no small measure” (CraveOnline).