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From the New York Times bestselling author of The House of Outrageous Fortune, this gripping account of fashion photography's golden age brings to life the wild genius—the ego, the passion, and the antics—of the men behind the camera.Before the age of Instagram, the fashion photographer was the king of pop culture. From the post-war covers of Vogue until the dawn of the digital camera, the fashion photographer sold not only clothes but ideals of beauty. And though tempted by excessive lifestyles, the few photographers who rose to the top were artists above all. In his follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women, Michael Gross probes the lives, hang-ups, and artistic triumphs of ten visionary fashion photographers: Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Gilles Bensimon, Steven Meisel, Bruce Weber, David Bailey, Bert Stern, Bill King, Bob and Terry Richardson. From Bruce Weber's sensual,...Pages of Focus :
