Deborah Turbeville: Past Imperfect

Description: Deborah Turbeville: Past Imperfect Turbeville, Deborah Product Overview Past Imperfect looks into the heart of the influential American photographer Deborah Turbeville's oeuvre, surveying her groundbreaking narrative work of 1974 through 1998, when she pioneered a look of antique decadence, using distressed film and prints to capture models as Miss Havishams in faded fin- de-siecle glory. Some 15 series, structured like short stories or novellas, encapsulate that unique sensibility and elegant aesthetic. They remind the viewer, as one critic has written, of films they would have liked to have seen, and inspire comparisons to Luchino Visconti, Jean Cocteau, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Joel-Peter Witkin. Turbeville's vision is unorthodox--at once haunted and haunting. She creates those effects with the help of favorite actresses and models, largely unknown, acting as a repertory cast. They interpret her endangered species, anachronisms, out of sync with their time and context, playing mutations in a mannequin workshop, statues in a Paris art school, and automatons in a derelict factory. And they help to create a characteristic sense of fragmented dreams, of dislocation, hallucination and time without boundaries--the past imperfect. Turbeville began her career working for the avant garde designer Claire McCardell, who she credits as a major influence, and then as a fashion editor for Harper's Bazaar and Mademoiselle. Today, she shoots fashion for international Vogue titles and The New York Times Magazine. Her previous monographs include Wallflower, Newport Remembered, Studio St. Petersburg and Unseen Versailles, which The New York Times described as the expression of "the brilliant idea, which she credits to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis," of photographing the title palace's storerooms and attics. Unseen Versailles won a 1982 American Book Award. Read more Details Publisher ‏ : ‎ Steidl (December 31, 2009) Language ‏ : ‎ English Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 192 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3865214525 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 22 Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.22 pounds Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12 x 1.25 x 10 inches Best Sellers Rank: #7,374,801 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #2,775 in Fashion Photography (Books) #3,665 in Fashion History #38,625 in Art History (Books) #2,775 in Fashion Photography (Books) #3,665 in Fashion History We have been selling used books since 2012, and we've learned that the most important thing is doing good business. Honesty is our policy. Free Shipping We ship worldwide. We have multiple warehouses around the world, so please note the extended handling time on certain listings.

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