I find fashion photography fascinating. It is the intersection of popular culture and art. It is photography with a message and a goal. Fashion photographs are often striking and provocative in hopes of attracting attention to whatever product they are advertising.
I recently visited the International Center of Photography (www.icp.org) in New York City where there are currently two exhibits on fashion photography. There I encountered this image, the first photographic cover of British Vogue taken by Edward Steichen and published in July 1932. The fairly simple photograph uses bold colors to emphasize a bathing suite and beach ball. The articles within declare that bathing suites are the seasons best buy.
Some other interesting covers of Vogue:
December 1916 by Helen Dryden
August 1954 by Audrey Withers
December 1975 by David Bailey
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Fashion picks up a huge amount of inspiration from art in the NY LA galleries- not to diminish the fresh creativity from many designers
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