A unique, hard-to-find hardcover edition of David LaChapelle's Stern-portfolio. Large-format, high-quality print showcasing 'the Fellini of photography's pictures of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee, Mila Jovovich, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Naomi Campbell, Courtney Love, Gisele Bündchen, David Bowie, Christina Aguilera, and more. As a follow-up to his long out-of-print first Stern Portfolio, this prestigious volume introduces the series' hardcover format, making it a real collectors' item.
Thomas Osterkorn, and Andreas Petzold (eds.), David Lachapelle, teNeues, 2008. First edition. Hardcover, 96 pp. 36,5 x27,8 cm. (Stern Fotografie, Portfolio Nr. 51)
Cover: Angelina Jolie, 'Lusty Spring 2001'.
LaChappelle's photos are 'opulent, reveling in sumptuous shapes and colors. He is a friend of provocation, a stranger to reduction and enemy of conformity' (Tom Jacobi in the foreword.)
- Jochen Siemens, 'The sculptor of pop'
- Gianni Mercurio, 'His photos shout'
- Fred Torres, 'World of pure imagination'
Language: German & English
This is the first hardcover portfolio in the Stern Fotografie series. The German magazine Stern published 50 paperback Portfolios with the work of world-famous photographers.
A very good copy. The back cover shows some shelf wear and a few scratches.