Peter Lindbergh: Images of Women

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Peter Lindbergh: Images of Women Details

From the world's most foremost photographer of women comes the splendid celebrations of female form and mystique--a massive collection that spans 300 pages and covers every aspect of Peter Lindbergh's impressive body of work. Nearly every beautiful woman of the past two decades has posed for Peter Lindbergh, from supermodels to movie stars. This splendid monograph represents the definitive collection of Lindbergh's considerable oeuvre: classic fashion photographs, arresting candids, portraits of female celebrities--including Madonna, Isabella Rossellini, Sharon Stone, Catherine Deneuve, Charlotte Rampling, Darryl Hannah--and of course his signature shots of the world's supermodels.

Reviews

This collection features some of the most dramatic portraiture I can remember - that cover picture (Berri Smither) being just one example. Page 45 features a handsome woman with strong features, an even gaze directly out of the page, and ambiguously seductive pose. Other images emphasize physical power, grace, androgyny, tribute to Josephine Baker, and many more thoughts, often in complex combinations. Fans of nude photography will find relatively few samples here, but it does explore a lot of the gray area between clothed and not.The one thing this collection brings out most is variety - the different faces of beauty (within the twenty-something range, at least), the different roles women take on, and more. I recommend this to anyone who takes a thoughtful attitude toward women's beauty.-- wiredweird

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