Fashion Photography: the Story In 180 Pictures

A beautifully illustrated survey of the key figures and movements in fashion photography from the dawn of the genre to the present day

Fashion photography captures our desires and fantasies about how we present ourselves to the world, reflecting the changing values of our culture and society. Fashion Photography: The Story in 180 Pictures explores the profound influence that fashion photography has had on us over the past century, presenting its evolution as a language, and a genre, while showcasing some of its most glamorous moments. Featuring work by every important fashion photographer of the past, alongside those shaping contemporary taste today – including Richard Avedon, Horst P. Horst, William Klein, Helmut Newton, Guy Bourdin, Steven Meisel, Corinne Day and Juergen Teller, to name a few – fashion chronicler Eugénie Shinkle reveals illuminating moments in the story of fashion and photography, as she sketches the bigger picture.