Robin Muir Bücher

Die britische Vogue wird 100. Das Hochglanzmagazin war stets stilbildend, und dies weit über den Bereich der Mode hinaus. Zum 100. Jubiläum bietet dieser Prachtband anhand spektakulärer Bilder einen faszinierenden Streifzug durch ein Jahrhundert britischer Kulturgeschichte. Zu den illustren Fotografen, die diesem glamourösen Kaleidoskop seit der ersten Ausgabe im September 1916 seinen einzigartigen Charakter verliehen haben, zählen David Bailey, Cecil Beaton, Lee Miller, Irving Penn, Lord Snowdon und Mario Testino. Ein Hauptaugenmerk liegt dabei auf den Gesichtern, die zu Ikonen wurden: Künstler wie Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, Damien Hirst und Henri Matisse; Stars von Marlene Dietrich bis Gwyneth Paltrow, von Rudolph Valentino bis zu David Beckham, prominente Frauen wie Lady Diana Cooper oder Lady Diana Spencer. Natürlich widmet sich der Band auch den Modedesignern, die das Jahrhundert definierten – Coco Chanel, Alexander McQueen und Yves Saint Laurent –, und der sich ewig wandelnden weibliche Silhouette. Ausstellungen: National Portrait Gallery, London 11.2.–22.5.2016 | Manchester Art Gallery 24.6.–30.10.2016

One hundred photographs explore Lee Miller’s prolific fashion photography during World War II. Lee Miller “has borne the whole weight of our studio production through the most difficult period in Brogue’s history,” wrote British Vogue editor Audrey Withers in the summer of 1941. Despite this, much of Miller's fashion photography—which dominated the pages of British Vogue during World World II—has since been forgotten or overshadowed by her subsequent war reportage. Drawn from a research base of nearly four thousand vintage negatives, this collection showcases more than one hundred stunning photographs from the war era, many of which have not been seen since they were first shot and published in the 1940s. Lee Miller’s recently transcribed appointment diaries and accompanying text by British Vogue Archives’s Robin Muir, fashion historian Amber Butchart, and Miller’s granddaughter, Ami Bouhassane, provide a wealth of new information about the artist's prolific wartime fashion portfolio. 

Published to accompany the exhibition "Triple exposure: three photographers from the 60s" shown in the Canon Photography Gallery at the V and A from 16 September 1999 to 30 January 2000. Other photographers are Ronald Traeger: New angles and John Cowan: Through the light barrier

Four monarchs (crowned and uncrowned); one abdication; one royal investiture; a jewel box of jubilees and many, many royal marriages.... British Vogue has borne witness to a century of royal history. Its first star photographer, Cecil Beaton, was entranced by the House of Windsor and the admiration was mutual. A younger star photographer, Antony Armstrong Jones, left Vogue to marry the Queen's sister and returned as Lord Snowdon. The Queen's cousin, Vogue's Lord Lichfield proved an insightful photographer of royal style along with many of Vogue's fashion photographers including Horst, Norman Parkinson and David Bailey. With visual treasures from Vogue's unrivalled archive and contributions through the decades from the most perceptive of royal commentators - from Evelyn Waugh to Zadie Smith -The Crown in Vogue is the definitive, authoritative portrait of royalty in the modern age.

Since its founding in 1916, British Vogue has acted as a cultural barometer, placing fashion in the context of art, literature, and politics. The magazine has captured the zeitgeist of each decade—the austerity and optimism that followed two world wars, the swinging London scene of the sixties, the radical seventies, the image-conscious eighties—and continues to be on the cutting edge of design and photography. Decade by decade, Vogue 100 presents the greatest moments in the magazine’s history—the photography, illustrations, and essays that recorded the fashion and taste of the time. Complete with essays that detail the rich history of each decade, the book covers the artists, designers, photogra­phers, and writers who shaped the cultural landscape of the 20th century and beyond. With more than 300 photographs of these pivotal figures—from Matisse to Bacon, Freud to Hirst, Dietrich to Paltrow, and Schiaparelli to McQueen—Vogue 100 offers an in-depth look at a century of Britain’s fashion, art, and culture.

The archives of British Vogue define modern portraiture. Its collection remains the essential barometer of the social and cultural changes of the last century. So, portrayed here are the great, the good, and, frequently, the infamous too. PEOPLE IN VOGUE provides an insight into those who, through talent, beauty, personality or an alchemical combination of all three, set a stamp on their age. From life-enhancers to the great catalysts of change. Princesses and pop stars. Models, writers and actors. Architects and designers. Society beauties and style dictators. Scientists and world leaders. They all appear here, fixed in their time by the 20th-century's leading photographers: Hoppe, Baron de Meyer, Horst, Beaton, Steichen, Snowdon, Parkinson, Bailey, Newton, Weber, Knight, Teller, Testino and others. A commentary accompanies each picture, describing the subject and their allure (or notoriety) in terms of their era, circumstance and lifestyle, frequently with the reactions of Vogue's critics and commentators. PEOPLE IN VOGUE is a unique modern archive of a century and beyond -- as stunningly produced as the people within its pages.

Drawn from the archives of "Vogue" magazine this survey of fashion photography aims to go beyond the cliches and "greatest hits" to tell a new story. It features the first attempts of many now famous photographers, pictures by forgotten masters, and out-takes from famous shoots.

The book features intriguing portraits of contemporary British folklore enthusiasts, showcasing their unique and elaborate costumes. Through these striking images, it captures the vibrant subculture that celebrates and preserves traditional stories and customs, highlighting the creativity and passion of individuals who embrace their cultural heritage in unusual ways.