Patrick Demarchelier - Forms - 1998

WONDERFUL BIG-FORMAT BOOK by famous French photographer Patrick Demarchelier (1943-2022) -
one of the best, perhaps THE BEST PUBLICATION about his entire work.

TRUE FIRST ORIGINAL PRINTING from 1998 (there was a second printing two years later, in 2000).

Photos of:
Robert de Niro, Brad Pitt, Dustin Hoffman, Warren Beatty, Billy Joel, John Travolta, Princess Diana (Lady Di), Glenn Close, Winona Ryder, Tom Cruise, Gianni Versace, Dolce & Gabbana, Hillary Clinton, Amber Valetta, Naomi Campbell, Nadja Auermann, Gisele Bündchen, Laetitia Casta, Jon Bon Jovi, Prince Albert, Fürst Rainier, Linda Evangelista, Kate Moss, Milla Jovovich, Cindy Crawford, Tatjana Patitz, Uma Thurman, Roy Lichtenstein., Matt Dillon, Anthony Hopkins, Evander Holyfield, Dennis Hopper, Oscar de la Hoya, Julian Schnabel, Martin Scorsese, Kate Winslet.

Patrick Demarchelier, born in le Havre, is a world-renowned fashion photographer. Responsible for countless iconic images created for publications such as Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, he is perhaps best known for his intimate portraits of Princess Diana that helped establish her popularity and accessible public image (you can see these pictures also in this book).
Anna Wintour, the esteemed and influential long-time editor of Vogue, has described his work as “timelessly classic.”

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At the age of 17, Patrick Demarchelier was given a Kodak Eastman camera for his birthday. In 1975, he moved to New York and began working for the photographers Henri Cartier-Bresson and Jacques Guilbert, later gaining employment with Harper’s Bazaar in 1992, subsequently becoming the magazine’s principal photographer. He has shot campaigns for Dior, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, and others, with his images appearing regularly on the cover of major fashion magazines. In 2007, he was honored by the French government as an Officer of Arts and Letters.

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Rizzoli, New York. 1998. First edition, first printing.

Hardcover with dustjacket. 285 x 370 mm. 216 pages. 146 photos in color and black and white. Photo: Patrick Demarchelier. Afterword by Martin Harrison. Design: Martin Harrison. Text in English.

Condition:
Book inside fresh and clean with no marks and with no foxing; pages a bit yellowed at the edges (looks like a general material/production problem, cause the pages are smoke-free). Book outside very fresh (protected by the jacket); top right corner of the front with neat bump (with no consequence for inside), bottom left corner of the rear side lightly rubbed (marginal). Dustjacket fresh and complete with no missing parts; longer tear at the spine (dustjacket is protected by. an easily and completely removable plastic jacket). Overall very good condition.

Great, sought-after photobook by Patrick Demarchelier.