Visionaire No. 49: Decades [Hardcover]

Karl Lagerfeld (Photographer), Nick Knight (Photographer), Steven Meisel (Photographer), Bruce Weber (Photographer)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1888645598 | ISBN-13: 978-1888645590 | Publication Date: November 15, 2006

Visionaire is a multi-format fashion and art publication released thrice yearly as collectible limited editions. Past editions have been produced collaboratively with such corporate luminaries as Tiffany's, HermAs and Sony. Each issue features a new format and subject matter. In the upcoming Decades edition, the world's foremost photographers find inspiration in the fashion and cultural phenomena of the past 120 years, the era spanning from 1886 to 2006. Each photographer presents his or her own interpretation of a single decade in a large-scale portfolio of images. The 13 portfolios are housed in a luxurious clamshell case ideal for presenting the edition's unique size and format. Flip through the pages to see history through contemporary eyes and to witness how today's image-makers draw on the artistic and cultural innovations, as well as the inspiring personalities, of the past to capture each era's distinctive style. Contributors include Bruce Weber, Steven Meisel, Mario Testino, Nick Knight, Karl Lagerfeld, David Sims, Glen Luchford and more

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About the Author

Karl Lagerfeld was born in 1938 in Hamburg. A fashion and perfume designer, he has also been making photographs since 1987. He is the author of many photography books, including Waterdance/Bodywave, Abtstrakt, 7 Fantasmes of a Woman and others.

Bruce Weber has been a dynamic force in fashion and portrait photography for more than two decades. Born in 1946, he is most widely known for his ad campaigns for Calvin Klein, Abercrombie & Fitch and Ralph Lauren, but he has also published 19 books, exhibited his photographs in galleries and museums around the world and directed a host of music videos, short films and documentaries. His photographs are in the permanent collections at London's Victoria and Albert Museum and the photography division of the City of Paris.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 125 pages
• Publisher: Visionaire Publishing, LLC (November 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1888645598
• ISBN-13: 978-1888645590
• Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 15.9 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,418,229 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars You're kidding... right?, March 14, 2007

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M. Morris (Louisville, KY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Visionaire No. 49: Decades (Hardcover)

This book (okay, it's not actually a book but we'll get to that shortly), arrives in a hugely impressive foil box, both figuratively and literally. It is only when you open this impressive box that you find you have paid $175.00 for a small number of pamphlets. Quite large pamphlets, but pamphlets nonetheless.

To compound their ignominy, the work isn't even that great (though that is obviously a personal opinion). The majority of the work suffers from being enlarged to fit the oversized pamphlet specs but a lot of the work, regardless of the size, is just mediocre, plain and simple. The work that stands out the most is by Karl Lagerfeld which certainly surprised me considering the distinguished list of photographers involved.

All in all, I would have liked to keep the box. Since that option was unavailable, I returned the item, beautiful box, pamphlets and all.