内容简介
Apersonalandcompleteretrospectivebyoneofthemostimportanttwentieth-centuryphotographers.ElegantlycuratedbythelegendaryphotographerandhisyoungestdaughterFrancesvonHofmannsthal,Snowdonlooksbackatanexceptionallifeandfeaturesaselectionof175full-colorandblack-and-whitestylishfashionphotographsandiconicportraitstakenthroughouthisexpansiveandinfluentialcareer.Havingstartedphotographingatayoungage,Snowdonfocusedprimarilyontheater,fashion,andsocietyphotographybeforebecomingtheofficialRoyalphotographerandstartingasix-decadeworkingrelationshipwithVogue.In1960,hemarriedPrincessMargaret,thesisterofQueenElizabethII,andin1961hebeganhisillustriouscareerwithTheSundayTimesmagazine.Knownforhisexpressiveandcandidportraits,usingbothsubtlehumorandquietsincerity,Snowdon’sworkevokesasenseoffamiliaritymetwithextremebeauty.HissuccesseshavebranchedequallyfromtheworldsofhighfashionandcelebritytotheBritishRoyalfamily,makinghisaudiencevastandbeloved.ThesubjectsfeaturedincludeCecilBeaton,CharlieChaplin,DavidBowie,MarleneDietrich,BridgetRiley,DavidHockney,SergeGainsbourg,YvesSaintLaurent,andJackNicholson,amongothers.Archivematerialincludespreviouslyunpublishedpolaroids,privatescrapbooks,andletters.
作者简介
AntonyArmstrongJones,1stEarlofSnowdon,isanEnglishphotographerandfilmmaker.GraydonCarterisaCanadian-bornAmericanjournalistandeditor-in-chiefofVanityFair.PatrickKinmonthisanAnglo-Irishoperadirector,designer,andwriter.,,,,,,