Irving Penn Regards the Work of Issey Miyake
CONDITION & NOTES | |
Very Good / Dust jacket has minor shelf wear. Exterior has a small bump to the top right corner. Small black mark on the bottom of the book block (not visible on any pages). |
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TYPE | PUBLICATION YEAR |
Hardcover |
1998 |
EDITION | LANGUAGE |
First |
English |
PUBLISHER | DIMENSIONS |
Bulfinch Press | 33 x 28 x 2.5 cm |
Very Good / Dust jacket has minor shelf wear. Exterior has a small bump to the top right corner. Small black mark on the bottom of the book block (not visible on any pages).
TYPE
Hardcover
PUBLICATION YEAR
1998
EDITION
First
LANGUAGE
English
PUBLISHER
Bulfinch Press
DIMENSIONS
33 x 28 x 2.5 cm
ABOUT
For ten years Irving Penn - one of the greatest fashion photographers of the post-war era - and Issey Miyake - probably the only designer of the century to take design into the realm of art - have shared an extraordinary collaborative relationship. 'Penn's photographs allow me to see my own designs, ' claims Miyake. This book springs from Penn's huge regard for the Japanese designer -and his recognition that the photographs depict pure, timeless and sculptural designs, designs that run counter to all the eroticism displayed in fashion. The photographs are directly connected to Penn's celebrated ethnographical studies, just as the designs reflect Miyake's interest in a global culture. The collaboration has come to fruition at the end of the century, when the boundaries between East and West, so often challenged by Miyake, are finally being discarded.