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Author Christopher Makos
Signed No
ISBN 9788492841332
Publisher La Fabrica
Publishing date 2010
Publishing place Madrid
Language English
Edition First edition
Binding Hardcover without dustjacket (as issued)
Book condition Very Good
Condition description Some creasing to corners of covers else fine
Cover condition Very good

Portret photography

Christopher Makos: Lady Warhol

€45.00
This is not Andy Warhol as we are accustomed to seeing him: in dramatic eyeliner and mascara, an asymmetrical blond bob worthy of a "Vogue" cover circa 1987, his hands clutched girlishly at his upper thigh; or with a glisteningly lipsticked cupid's bow, shadowed eyes downcast; or draped, from the armpits down, in a white sheet, his upper chest startlingly pale. In these portraits, made by Christopher Makos (born 1948), the gender-transgressive themes of the 1980s collide with the spirit of Man Ray's famous "Rrose Selavy" pictures of Marcel Duchamp as a coy Parisian lady. The project entailed, Makos recalls, "eight wigs, two days of posing, 16 contact sheets, 349 shots"; this volume includes Makos' original contact sheets, an essay by the photographer about his friendship with Warhol, and full-page prints of the most striking images to emerge from one of Pop's most singular photo shoots.
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