HANS FEURER: PHOTOGRAPHS by Feurer, Hans (Photographer); Baron, Fabien (Designer) & Various Contributors - 2013

Bologna, Italy: Editore Damiani, 2013. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Bologna, Italy: Editore Damiani, 2013. Hardcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 200 pages. Retrospective collection of photographs. Now considered a contemporary fashion-cum-erotic art photography classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Fabien Baron: Oversize-volume format. Gray cloth boards with photographic reproduction pasted in front and titles embossed on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Hans Feurer. Text by various contributors. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Italy to the highest standards. Thereproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Presents "Hans Feurer: Photographs". A brilliant retrospective of Feurer's distinctive, erotically charged, and immensely influential fashion photography. If photojournalism is "reality", then fashion photography is "fantasy". As such, Vogue Magazine displaced the former dominance of LIFE Magazine sometime in the late-Sixties, and remains a major force to this day (Vogue is still very much around, LIFE has been dead for a long time). "A mainstay of fashion photography since the late 1960's, but despite his influence, this legendary photographer has had no books dedicated to his work until now. Feurer's career has certainly been an illustrious, star-studded, and influential one, and the models who were his subjects, the designers he profiled, and the leading publications which featured his work comprise a roll call of the highest echelons of the fashion and magazine worlds. Feurer has shot for Vogue, Nova, Elle, and many more leading publications. One of his most famous advertising campaigns was for Kenzo in 1983, which immortalized Iman and secured her status as an iconic supermodel. Before embarking on a career in photography, Feurer worked as a graphic designer and art director. Traces of these previous careers are detectable throughout his work, evidenced by his careful compositions and precise styling" (Publisher's blurb). Hans Feurer presents female (and the female nude) as a sublime manifestation of Nature, a bit of a paradox considering his work is devoted to fashion, which celebrates Artifice (that is to say, fantasy) more than anything else. An absolute "must-have" title for Hans Feurer collectors. <b><i> This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed, placed, and dated (shortly after publication) in black ink-pen on the title page by the photographer: "Hans Feurer New York 5.12.2013". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. He signed on the very top of the page, making his signature that much more distinctive and prominent. This title is a contemporary photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed, placed, and post-publication dated copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A rare signed copy thus. </b></i> 175 black-and-white and color plates. One of the most brilliant and influential fashion photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. . ISBN 8862082924.