Elegance : the Séeberger brothers and the birth of fashion photography, 1909-1939

Author(s)

• Aubenas, Sylvie
• Demange, Xavier
• Chardin, Virginie

Bibliographic Information

Elegance : the Séeberger brothers and the birth of fashion photography, 1909-1939

Sylvie Aubenas, Xavier Demange with Virginie Chardin

Chronicle Books, 2007

Note

Bibliography: p. 223-[224]

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Modern fashion photography was born when three brothers, Parisian postcard photographers, shifted their lenses to the upper echelon of French society in the early twentieth century. As impromptu portraits of beautiful women in inimitable finery at racecourses, resorts, and cafs began to appear in magazines, courant designers such as Chanel, Herms, and Madeleine Vionnet rushed to send their models to posh watering holes to be photographed with the beau monde. The first-ever showcase of 300 rich black and white Seberger images, this luxe collection is a must-have for fashionistas, Francophiles, and vintage clothing enthusiasts. Elegance recalls a bygone era of glamour, and illuminates the candid beginnings of a now highly stylized photographic form.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA82882663
• ISBN:
  • 9780811859424
• LCCN: 2006029493
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: fre
• Place of Publication: San Francisco
• Pages/Volumes: 223 p.
• Size: 28 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : TR679
  • DC22 : 779/.974692092244
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Fashion photography -- France -- Exhibitions
  • LCSH : Séeberger, Henri, 1876-1947 -- Exhibitions
  • LCSH : Séeberger, Jules, 1872-1932 -- Exhibitions
  • LCSH : Séeberger, Louis, 1874-1956 -- Exhibitions