Fashion Magazine

by Lise Sarfati, Azzedine Alaïa (Contributor), Rick Owens (Contributor)

This edition of Fashion Magazine is devoted solely to the work of French photographer Lise Sarfati. In her portraiture, Sarfati dramatizes the intensities of fashionably clad adolescence in the insolently sensual creatures she encounters on the roads of America. Couching their lightly worn street elegance in moody sobriety, Sarfati presses pause" on the activities in which her subjects are engaged and extracts their quintessential sensuality, to produce a type of photography that partakes of both fashion and portraiture idioms without quite belonging to either. Redolent in this respect of Alain Resnais' Last Year at Marienbad, in which the camera deliberately and continually "overgrooms" the emotional drama, Sarfati's work is likewise utterly seductive and compelling.
Lise Sarfati obtained a master's degree in Russian studies from the Sorbonne in Paris, where she was the official photographer of the Academie des Beaux-Arts. She moved to Russia in 1989 and photographed there for 10 years. She has received the Prix Niepce in Paris and the Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography in New York for her work and is a member of Magnum Photos. In recent years she has been living and working in the United States. Sarfati is represented by Yossi Milo Gallery in New York, Rose Gallery in Los Angeles and Magnum Gallery in Paris."

Genres: Photography

216 pages, Paperback

First published November 10, 2008

Reviews

[Tosh · Rating 4 out of 5]

A series of photographs by Lise Sarfati that deals with fashion. But actually it goes beyond just a fashion shoot. All the images I believe takes place in Austin and there are some beautiful portraits in conjunction with high-fashion items. Low-key, yet very thoughtful work.

[Aaron the Pink Donut · Rating 4 out of 5]

Haunting portraits of young women in Austin TX. Whats not to like about that!