First printing of this retrospective compilation of Arbus's early work photographing the vibrant street fashion of '80s New York.
Near fine.
Price: $300.00
"There are eight million fashions in the Naked City and Amy Arbus is going to photograph all of them...a few at a time."
Selections from Arbus' decade of photography for the Village Voice's style column, with an introductory essay, "Naked City," by A.M. Homes. The unmistakable faces of '80s New York jump out - Ann Magnuson, Joey Arias, Anna Sui, scores of men who aren't Elvis Costello but might as well be - but Arbus's street fashion photography reaches greatness through her eye for style and personality, not celebrity. Names of her subjects are given in the list of plates, when the names are big enough, but most are identified by the look they took out into the world that day: here is Madonna, stained overcoat over pajamas, and over here lean the Clash all in a row; but there go Eyeliner, Pointy Hat, Metal-Plated Shoes, and the immortal Fuck Pants, dressing themselves and posing right into eternity.
New York and San Francisco: Welcome Books, (2006). 14'' x 10.5''. Original grey quarter cloth with thick grey boards. Black and white photograph mounted to front cover. Gray endpapers. 104 pages. 101 black and white photographic plates. Very slight edgewear.
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