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Giacobetti, Francis & The Editors of Portfolio Magazine .
FRANCIS GIACOBETTI PORTFOLIO MAGAZINE SPEZIAL FOTOGRAFIE.
Hamburg, Germany:
Stern Gruner + Jahr AG,
2003.
Softcover.
First Edition/First Printing.
95 pages.
As New.
Retrospective collection of photographs. Special limited and numbered edition. Number 23 in the continuing series by Stern. Oversize-volume format. A very large and thick book. Pictorial softcovers, as issued. Photographs by Francis Giacobetti. Without DJ, as issued. Numbered edition by the now-legendary photography series whose brilliant concept is to devote each issue to a particular photographer, either as a "Portfolio Issue" or as a "Spezial Fotografie". The collection consists of some of the photographer's most memorable and iconic images, presented as a series of sequences that show his work in various "genres" side-by-side. Giacobetti is regarded as one of the finest living French portraitists as well as a brilliant fashion/lifestyle photographer who has done the best fashion photography for Issey Miyake, with the exception of Irving Penn. Giacobetti's portraits are extreme closeups, mostly in black-and-white of such figures as Woody Allen, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Francis Bacon, and Fidel Castro (magnificent shots), among many others. His last great contribution is in the male and female nude genre, where the influence of Man Ray and the Bauhaus School is evident but the pictures are all Giacobetti's own. The Portfolio Magazine/Spezial Fotografie Series have become eminently collectible and now include contributions by Peter Beard, William Klein, James Nachtwey, Francis Giacobetti, Annie Leibovitz, Nan Goldin, Mario Testino, David LaChapelle, Herb Ritts, Ellen von Unwerth, Giorgia Fiorio, Horst, Martin Parr, and Andreas H. Bitesnich, among others. A brilliant, unforgettable collection. A "must-have" title for Francis Giacobetti collectors. This Issue has been out-of-print for some time and is now quite difficult to find. This is the only copy available online and has no flaws, a pristine beauty. A very scarce copy thus. A great photography series. A flawless copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER PORTFOLIO MAGAZINE AND SPEZIAL FOTOGRAFIE TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 3570192946. $95.00 |
