Appearances: Fashion Photography since 1945

London: Jonathan Cape , 1991. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 12.5" by 11.5". Unnamed. An exciting first edition on the development of post-war fashion by Martin Harrison,, with plenty of photographs. The first edition of this work by Martin Harrison. A very charming volume on the development of post-war fashion photography, published to coincide with an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum. This is the first work to place fashion photography in the main stream of popular culture, linking fashion to the photography of such influential figures as Walker Evans and Robert Frank. Harrison explores the role of magazine culture and the influences of the great art directors and editors, who have both created and reflected the mood and tones of the post-war decades. Featuring some of the greatest figures in the field: from Richard Avedon and Irving Penn to Bruce Weber, this volume includes some of the most famous fashion photographs of the twentieth century, as well as many rare and long-lost images. Illustrated with a copious amount of photographs both in colour and in black and white. With the unclipped dustwrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally lovely with. The dustwrapper is unclipped and excellent with only minor shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with a copious amount of photography both in colour and in black and white. Fine