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Snowdon, Lord.
SNOWDON SITTINGS 1979 -1983.
New York City, NY: Harper & Row, 1983. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing. 144 pages. Fine/Fine. The photographer's retrospective collection of portraits. The companion volume to his classic, "Snowdon Assignments". A stunningly handsome production by Harper & Row: Oversize-volume format. Hard boards with titles embossed on spine, as issued. Photographs by Lord Snowdon. In stunning pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents the finest and most representative work taken over a prolific five-year period by one of the world's most successful fashion, lifestyle, and celebrity portrait-photographers who started out as a photojournalist. There is a wonderful twist to the idea of a "sitting": All of the subjects are photographed sitting down (or in what amounts to a reclining pose). It has been said that Lord Snowdon knows everyone worth knowing. Tony Armstrong-Jones was a dashingly handsome figure in the world of journalism and the arts and subsequently married Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth's late sister. He became Lord Snowdon and retained his royal title even after their divorce. It seems he has also been everywhere, seen everything, and captured it all brilliantly on camera. The book unveils fashion shoots for Vogue, pictures of actors, playwrights, dancers, designers, writers, and artists. All bear the unmistakable signature of a photographer with an impeccable eye. "I don't want a clever photograph. I want my pictures to make ordinary people react to see something that they hadn't taken in before" (Lord Snowdon). What is astonishing about Lord Snowdon's career is not that he has had special access to celebrity (many other artists and photographers do, too), but that he managed to continue taking photographs at all even though he himself is not only a celebrity but a member of the innermost circle of the British Royal Family. A less ambitious photographer would have taken it easy. A remarkable achievement. This title has been out-of-print as a hardcover for a very long time. This copy is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A scarce copy thus. One of the finest living British photographers. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LORD SNOWDON TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0060152184. $100.00 |
