The esteemed photographer’s first book dedicated to her fashion career unearths the stories behind the influential pictures. Her vision is one of poetry and decadence. Her works are both commercial and artistic. She seeks the scenes for her dramatic perspective with ardor. Portraits of faded women in turn of the century locations. A simultaneous touch of the past and the present. She spends as much time on post-production as she does on finding the right location and the right model. She uses scratches, stains and masks her photographs to give them the authentic look of age and timelessness.
Born in the US, she started her fashion-related career as a fashion editor. However, she soon realized that her interest was predominantly focused on fashion photography, and thus launched herself into that direction. Over the years she has travelled extensively, between the US, Mexico, Europe, and Russia, the latest being the country that inspired her the most. She is most famous for the 1975 controversial “Bathhouse” American Vogue photographs, and the “Woman in the Woods” series of 1977 for Italian Vogue.
