Blood sweat and tears (Photographer) - Hardcover

Pflichtlektüre: Ein wahrer Altmeister der inszenierten Fotografie und stilistischer Artist wird in diesem Buch gefeiert. Bruce Weber gehört zu den ganz großen der Branche und die Publikation ist schon fast im Range einer Pflichtlektüre. Vielleicht würde aus Respekt vor der kreativen Leistungsfähigkeit und den daraus resultierenden Bildern, so manche pseudomoderne Flachheit nicht realisiert werden, wenn diese Vorbilder bekannter wären. (Designers Digest, D, Nr. 105, 01.09.2008)

Ein Band, in dem Webers Modefotografie im Mittelpunkt steht, die so sinnlich ist wie seine Akte und dazu noch mit Ironie und Humor spielt. (Vogue, D, Nr.10, 01.10.2009)

(excerpted from catalog copy) ?No book is about one thing.? By Bruce Weber At first I thought strictly about a book of photographs on fashion. As I worked on it, I thought more and more about something my friend the late, great fashion designer Gianni Versace once said, in giving me advice before an assignment, ?Call me des mode, but give me beauty.? And with these inspired words I wanted to make a record of how I journeyed out into the world and recorded what most people call fashion. These photographs were not just about the shape of clothes, but also how one sees fashion in nature, architecture, and in the human spirit. When I began photographing, I was at Life Magazine borrowing some equipment. I ran into a bunch of other photographers in the camera department. One photographer asked, ?what kind of photos are you doing for the magazine?? I replied, ?I am going to do some pictures of girls in bathing suits.? They all burst out laughing at me, and said, ?that doesn?t sound too serious..."