The Idealizing Vision: The Art of Fashion Photography

by William A. Ewing (Contributor), Anna Wintour (Preface), Richard Martin

Essays and examples reveal the esthetic and sexual aspects of the cutting edge of fashion photography and discuss the work of Erwin Blumenfeld and Karl Lagerfeld

Genres: Photography

127 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

William A. Ewing is a Canadian art historian specializing in photography. He served as the director of the Musée de l'Élysée in Lausanne from 1996 to 2010 and has been a research professor in the art history department at the University of Geneva, where he has focused on the history of photography. He has curated numerous international exhibitions and authored several books on the photographic representation of the human body. He is also the founder of the Todi Circle, an annual think tank on photography held in Todi, Italy. His publications include The Body, Le Siècle du Corps, and Edward Steichen: Carnet Mondain.