Chic Clicks: Creativity and Commerce in Contemporary Fashion Photography [Hardcover]

Gilles Lipovetsky (Author), Valerie Williams (Author), Urs Stahel (Author), Jill Medvedow (Author), Ulrike Lehmann (Editor), Jessica Morgan (Editor), Olivier Zahm (Editor), Vinoodh Matadin (Photographer), Inez van Lamsweerde (Photographer), Fred Aufray (Photographer), Anuschka Blommers (Photographer), Jean-Francois Carly (Photographer), Donald Christie (Photographer), Philippe Cometti (Photographer), Horst Diekgerdes (Photographer), Nathaniel Goldberg (Photographer), Alexei Haye (Photographer), Tom Lignau (Photographer), Blaise Reutersward (Photographer), Frank Schuhmacher (Photographer), Niels Schumm (Photographer), Hannah Starkey (Photographer), Ike Ude (Photographer), David Sims (Photographer), Mario Sorrenti (Photographer), Larry Sultan (Photographer), Philip-Lorca diCorcia (Author), Richard Prince (Author), Corinne Day (Author), Edwin Wurm (Author), Ulrich Lehmann (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2, 2002

Nan Goldin shoots campaigns for Prada, David LaChapelle does Camel cigarette ads, and Jurgen Teller got his start photographing models in i-d, w, and The Face. The debate between aesthetic images and commercial pressure has perhaps never been so relevant and complex as it is today, with the increasing commercialization of the art world, the not insignificant exploratory aspects of fashion photography, and our constantly expanding realm of visual references. To study these tensions and overlaps, Chic Clicks invited some 40 photographers to present both their free work and their published editorials from fashion magazines and advertising campaigns. Photographers well-known for their commercial work offer personal and exploratory prints; those who gained prominence in the fine arts display work they were subsequently hired to do for fashion companies and magazines. Accompanying essays approach fashion photography from various perspectives, from that of cutting-edge fashion magazines to the field of contemporary art photography.

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About the Author

Jessica Morgan is Curator at The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. Ulrich Lehmann is Senior Lecturer and Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Cultural Studies at the Kent Institute of Art and Design and the author of "Tigersprung: Fashion in Modernity".

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Hatje Cantz Publishers (February 2, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 377571135X
• ISBN-13: 978-3775711357
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,043,658 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible show, April 30, 2002

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This review is from: Chic Clicks: Creativity and Commerce in Contemporary Fashion Photography (Hardcover)

I attended the show this book is based on at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston and was extremely disappointed. The photographs selected for the show were without merit and neither my friend nor I were able ascertain what the show purported to illustrate, which is the relationship between commercial fashion work and personal artistic expression. I suggest passing this one by, its not worth it.