Showcasing a vast range of titles, from fashion to reportage, and high-end design to counter-cultural fanzines, this collection offers an insight not only into the work of the most influential art directors, publishers and designers of the last century, but into the way that we perceive and represent ourselves and the culture in which we live; our interests, concerns, and aspirations.
With each chapter covering a specific genre of magazine, this book looks at the 'heydays' of various British, American and European titles including 'Vogue', 'Life' and 'The Face'.
A carefully selected presentation of more than 500 of the world's great magazine covers, this book is the first international survey of an expressive medium that has contributed an important...
—Laurie Anderson “if you thought of [my work] as a book, then you have the Great American Novel, every record as a chapter. ... —Lou Reed On October 27th, 2013, RollingStone .com broke the news that Lou Reed had died at 71.
Uncovered is an oral history of the stories behind the most ground-breaking and controversial magazine covers ever published, as told by the people who created them.
Uncle Sam. The Gibson Girl. Some of America's most memorable images made their debuts on the covers of magazines. During the Golden Age of the American magazine cover, the corner...
... altered- wheelbase cars that took full advantage of center-of-gravity manipulation andpoof!—the Funny Car was born.” Magnante's Nova won't just look like it goes fast, though. His plans call for a fuel-injected 502-inch Chevy big-block ...
Retrospective of seventy years of Saturday Evening Post covers from 1899 through 1969 when the magazine ceased publication. Features 3,500 illustrations by artists, including J.C. Leyendecker, N.C. Wyeth, and Norman Rockwell.
Illustrated throughout with well - known images, as well as th e less familiar and recently rediscovered, the book focuses on the faces that shaped the cultural landscape: from Matisse to Bacon, Freud and Hirst, from Dietrich to Paltrow, ...
A visual history of the twentieth century, in over 200 audacious, indelible images from VOGUE, published on the magazine's one hundreth anniversary.
For the past 39 years, the covers of Rolling Stone have depicted the great icons of popular culture, from John Lennon, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, and Madonna to Steve...