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Fragile beauty : photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish collection / edited by Duncan Forbes, Newell Harbin and Lydia Caston.

Fine Arts Library TR650 .F73 2024
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Taylor-Johnson, Sam, 1967- author of afterword.
Contributor:
Forbes, Duncan, editor.
Harbin, Newell, editor.
Caston, Lydia, editor.
John, Elton, interviewee.
Furnish, David, interviewee.
Tovey, Russell, interviewer.
Diament, Robert, interviewer.
Victoria and Albert Museum, host institution.
V&A Publishing, publisher.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
John, Elton--Photograph collections.
John, Elton.
Furnish, David--Photograph collections.
Furnish, David.
John, Elton--Interviews.
Furnish, David--Interviews.
Photography--Private collections--Exhibitions.
Photography.
Photography, Artistic--Exhibitions.
Photography, Artistic.
Genre:
Exhibition catalog
Physical Description:
256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm
Distribution:
[New York, NY?] : Distributed in North America by Abrams, an imprint of ABRAMS
Place of Publication:
London : V&A Publishing, 2024.
Summary:
"Over the past three decades, Sir Elton John and David Furnish have carefully built an unrivaled collection of photography. Remarkable in its range and depth, it's a who's who of photographer and subject ranging across disciplines from fashion and film to landscape and reportage. Compiled by Duncan Forbes, head of photography at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, this book presents 150 of the most important photographs from 1950 to today from artists including Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Nan Goldin, David LaChapelle, Robert Mapplethorpe, Zanele Muholi, Helmut Newton, Cindy Sherman, Andy Warhol, and Ai Weiwei." -- publisher's description.
Contents:
Foreword
Curators' preface / Duncan Forbes, Newell Harbin and Lydia Caston
Sir Elton John and David Furnish / interviewed by Russell Tovey and Robert Diament
Fashion / Lydia Caston
Stars of stage, screen and studio / Newell Harbin
Desire / Daniel Slater
Reportage / Duncan Forbes
The American scene / Newell Harbin
Fragile beauty / Duncan Forbes
Constructed images / Lydia Caston
Towards abstraction / Duncan Forbes
Collecting now / Duncan Forbes
Afterword / Sam Taylor-Johnson
Author biographies
Acknowledgements
Exhibited works
Image credits.
Notes:
First published by the V&A Publishing to accompany the exhibition Fragile Beauty: Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish collection on view from 18 May 2024 to 5 January 2025 at the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London.
ISBN:
9781838510466
183851046X
OCLC:
1393300572

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