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Unseen Vogue: The Secret History of Fashion Photography [Paperback]

Robin Derrick (Author), Robin Muir (Author)
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Publication Date: 4 Nov 2004

UNSEEN VOGUE goes beyond the cliches and often repeated 'greatest hits' of fashion photography and tells a completely new story. Drawn from the archives of British Vogue, an immense resource of over 1,000,000 images, the book presents hundreds of images never seen before - the killed pictures, rejects and out-takes - to form a fresh, new history of fashion photography. Featuring the first attempts of many now internationally famous photographers, great pictures by forgotten masters, out-takes from famous shoots and many other extraordinary and sometimes controversial pictures. By showing contact sheets and unedited film UNSEEN VOGUE opens up the process of making fashion images, previously the reserve of fashion's inner circle.

From Irving Penn to David Bailey, from Cecil Beaton to Mario Testino - the new book will be an authoritative addition to the documented history of fashion photography.

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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Little, Brown (4 Nov 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0316727660
  • ISBN-13: 978-0316727662
  • Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 2.3 x 21 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 27,324 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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A lavish and beautiful celebration, UNSEEN VOGUE is testimony to the truth that unofficial history is often more intriguing (OBSERVER)

A fascinating visual record (i-D Magazine)

The greatest fashion photography you've never seen...an insight into the passions, personalities and prima donnas of fashion (GQ)

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Drawn from the archives of Vogue magazine and spanning nearly a century, UNSEEN VOGUE is a survey of fashion photography unlike any other previously published.
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5.0 out of 5 stars For photographers and fashion lovers everywhere 31 Dec 2005
By "s_johns"
Format:Paperback
The images of this book are a collaboration of rejected pictures from the magazine 'Vogue'. However, it is much more than just photographs, each one is accompanied by a brief background of the photographer and the shoot, these untold stories are most intriguing.

If you have a love for photography, fashion ... or just pretty pictures! Then this book is for you, it covers the unofficial history of over 80 years, portraying with each page a photographic advance too experimental to publish at the time, or a model's pose too controversial to be the face of Vogue.

The book also takes the reader through the endless loop of fashion: the high glamour of the 40's and 50's which rears its elegant head again in the 90's; the cropped trousers of the 60's who plague our high-streets today; the nude lips and dramatic eyeliner of the 70's is a look that reappears 30 years later.

These are not just photographs, the book proves it, each has a story, often accompanied by letters between editor and photographer. It covers the greats - Cecil Beaton, Herb Ritts, David Bailey, Irving Penn, Patrick Demarchelier, Mario Testino and hundreds more.

This is a truly wonderful book to own, the images alone are breathtaking considering their context and the fact that many were the first of their kind. These photographic artists weren't commissioned for new ideas by a fashion magazine who wasn't ready for such experimental images - a magazine reflective of society over the years.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great for photography students. 21 April 2008
By Ms. F. Lawrence
Format:Paperback
I actually bought this as a gift for my sister who is a photography student. She really really liked it as it reveals a bunch of photos classed as rejects from the pages of Vogue. Not only that, but information on the photographers, what they were thinking etc. Good buy if you are into fashion and photography.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Example of Hard Copy Versus Paperback 5 April 2010
By Fashion Watch
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Would agree the content is excellent based on just viewing the photographs. However with the paperback version, the captions/descriptions are very hard to read, even with glasses. I wish now I had purchased the hardcopy version as it would have been a wonderful keepsake to go with my Chanel and Prada books.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Really interesting book :) 30 Dec 2008
By A. Luker
Format:Paperback
This is a great book, i really recommend it. If you are into the history of Vogue and alo fashion/photography its perfect. Great inspiration if you are into the creative side of fashion like myself.

Perfect book to just flick through every now and then- it just shows that the standards for Vogue magazine are extremely high as these were rejects! Its well worth the money so give it a read as you wont think its a disappointment or waste of money.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A perfect gift! 11 Mar 2012
By AbiKnee
Format:Paperback
I bought this for my friends birthday and she absolutely loves it! She loves fashion and photography and this book was perfect for her! It's lay-out is excellent - really interesting, with a wide variety of images, photographers and models. Perfect for any VOGUE lover!!! - It's on my birthday list now!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great 14 Mar 2013
By cocoloveone
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I love this product as it was delievered as decribed and it is also in a very good conditions like in description box :)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing! 30 Nov 2012
By Adrianna K.
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A fantastic book for anyone interested in fashion or fashion photography as it shows some great photographs by amazing photographers which you might have not seen before as they haven't been published in Vogue, as the title suggests.
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