Considered one of the greatest fashion photographers of all time, his work was - and still is - titillating, exhilerating and evocative , standing on par with contemporaries like Guy Bourdin and Helmut Newton before his untimely passing in 1981 at just 39. A lot of his images have remained unpublished until now . . . the book features over 200 images alongside rarely seen and never-before-seen shots. -DAZED & CONFUSED Though von Wangenheim's career and life were cut short by a tragic car accident in 1981, Gloss points readers toward the countless ways that his influence lives on today in the form of editorials and campaigns. - CRFashionBook.COM Von Wangenheim's highly erotic photos are envelope-pushers even by today's standards. - OUT.COM Chris von Wangenheim epitomized the 70s. The fashion photographer captured the glamour and excess of the era with highly provocative images exploring sex, violence and danger with high fashion . This gorgeous monograph contains interviews from models, editors and art directors and over 200 jaw-dropping images, some of which are outtakes from memorable shoots. - TheFashionSpot.com Mr. Von Wangenheim was perhaps one of the most provacative photographers of all time . From the late 1960's all the way into 1981, when he died in a car accident, this artist captured the glam and excess of that era. . . [ Gloss ] includes more than 200 images, some legendary, some unknown. The suggestive narratives are as inspiring now as they were then and continue to impress the industry . . . Mr. Von Wangenheim's work might have faded with his passing but it wasn't forgotten. -HUFFINGTON POST BLOG In the 1970s, when fashion photography was focused on overtly sexual, and often disturbing, subject matter-a reflection of the women's liberation movement, as well as the fiscal crisis and the urban crime wave that followed-Chris von Wangenheim's dangerously seductive pictures stood out as some of the most extreme. . . [ Gloss ] sheds light on a meticulous, dedicated artist who helped define his era . - W MAGAZINE leírás elrejtése