tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post3602696664231321581..comments2024-11-21T22:58:07.210-08:00Diane Dorrans Saekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448[email protected]Blogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-24613412940622274302014-03-04T13:11:26.166-08:002014-03-04T13:11:26.166-08:00I jumped out of my chair seeing the extraordinary photography featured in your book selections. Loved the insider text- and all of it is transporting. The quote that you included by Wintour in her introduction says it all, to me, &quot;...a great fashion picture can tell you exactly what was happening in the world at that time.”. Fashion photography&#39;s role of revealing a cultural zeitgeist is as you well know recognized by collectors of fine art photography -and you can see the influence of great fashion editorial in contemporary photographers today- Tim Walker&#39;s elaborate productions, Kristy Mitchell; the fictional narratives of Crewdson and Alex Prager -even a show at the V&amp;A on the fictional narrative on contemporary photography. Turbeville is as fresh as paint -or the flaking paint perhaps of her settings of enigmatic figures amidst atmospheric ruins. That is a meme in photography today with every known permutation: 19th c abandoned Cairo palaces, Havana -a Lagerfeld show -even an exhibition at the Tate on ruins. And then there is Penn -a young and elegant Leonard Bernstein photographed in the studio -such compositional clarity, so smart -a modern figure study.<br />Loved it all. Thank you .Philip Bewleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593795071070337798[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-51313643659870144462014-03-03T20:54:50.893-08:002014-03-03T20:54:50.893-08:00What wonderful reviews, Diane, of some delicious delightful-looking books. I&#39;ve added the Chanel one to my list of must-haves. <br />Warm regards from cold Canada, Terri xoWindlosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17014227226507484798[email protected]