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Obsession: Marlene Dietrich: The Pierre Passebon Collection

(Hardback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Obsession: Marlene Dietrich: The Pierre Passebon Collection

Contributors:

By (Author) Henry-Jean Servat
By (author) Pierre Passebon

ISBN:

9782080203571

Series:
Publisher:

Editions Flammarion

Imprint:

Flammarion

Publication Date:

1st May 2018

Country:

France

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Dewey:

791.43028092

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

88

Dimensions:

Width 155mm, Height 215mm

Weight:

370g

Description

Featuring rare images from Pierre Passebon's personal collection, this volume celebrates Marlene Dietrich, Hollywood's iconic femme fatale, as immortalized by master photographers including Edward Steichen, Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Cecil Beaton, Milton Greene, George Hurrell, Antony Armstrong-Jones, and others. An active participant in her photo sessions, she constructed her own unique image of charm and seduction. Dietrich's life was devoted to glamour for over forty years: in stage performances, on screen, and in concert. The public loved her. A modern and transgressive woman, she didn't hesitate to break the rules by dressing in menswear (she was Yves Saint Laurent's muse for his iconic tuxedos) or by being seen in public with her husband and her lovers (both male and female). Dietrich also refused to bend to Hollywood conventions around motherhood by raising her daughter in the limelight. Her beauty, style, and elegance made her the archetypal femme fatale, but it was Dietrich's unwavering confidence, gender fluidity, and firm stand against Nazism that made her a revolutionary and an icon. This volume reveals how her fascination lies not only in the way she inspired the greatest photographers and fashion designers of her time, but in how she continues to embody the essence of glamour and female independence today.

Author Bio

Journalist Henry-Jean Servat worked successively at the French daily newspapers Midi Libre and Libration and at Paris Match for twenty-five years; he appears regularly on several French television channels, including France 2 and France 3. He wrote Brigitte Bardot: My Life in Fashion (Flammarion, 2016).

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