Balenciaga Kublin: A Fashion Record

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An exquisite photography book featuring the collaborative work of fashion photographer Tom Kublin and renowned haute couture designer Cristbal Balenciaga.

This is the first book to document the short yet prolific artistic career of fashion photographer and filmmaker Tom Kublin, and a celebration of his creative union with Cristbal Balenciaga during the fashion house's postwar heyday in Paris. More than 140 photographs and film stills by Kublin capture the golden age of Balenciaga couture in the 1950s and 1960s, from the impeccable elegance of the collection shoots - including exclusive film footage of Balenciaga himself at work - to striking covers and editorials for high-profile magazines.

The book begins with a foreword by the photographer's daughter, Mara Kublin, and continues with a biography by Ana Balda, charting Kublin's career, his place in the artistic milieu of the European avant-garde, and his working relationship with Cristbal Balenciaga. Miren Vives, head of the Cristbal Balenciaga Museum, also contributes.

Additional texts come from the fashion industry professionals who worked with and knew Kublin best: an interview with his partner and muse, the model Katinka Bleeker; memories from the Italian fashion photographer Gian Paolo Barbieri, who began his career as Kublin's assistant in Paris in the 1960s; and a piece by Lydia Slater, editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar UK, who looks back on Kublin's work for the magazine at a pivotal time in its history.

Honouring the successes and innovations of Tom Kublin's stellar career, this book records for posterity his contribution to fashion photography and to the iconography of the House of Balenciaga.

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'Thomas Kublins name is far less well-known than it ought to be, for the Hungarian imagemakers career was cut short by his sudden death at the age of 42. Now, a comprehensive, wonderfully illustrated new book aims to restore him to his rightful place in the canon' - Harpers Bazaar
'Exquisite ' - Muse Magazine

Author Bio

Dr Ana Balda is a fashion curator and associate lecturer at the University of Navarra, where she teaches Fashion and Fashion Illustration. Together with Mara Kublin, she co-curated the exhibition 'Tom Kublin for Balenciaga. An Unusual Collaboration' at the Cristbal Balenciaga Museum in 2022. Mara Kublin is the daughter of fashion photographer Tom Kublin and fashion model Katinka. Mara works as an independent curator and has curated many art and photography exhibitions.