Snowdon: A Life in View

(Hardback)

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The legendary photographer Snowdon presents his highly evocative collection of works from a provocative career of fashion photography, a book that will be treasured by Anglophiles, society mavens, and fashionistas alike. This gorgeous and uniquely packaged volume is a compilation of themes revolving around the work of the legendary photographer, Snowdon. Curated by Snowdon himself, with commentary by names like Tom Ford and Graydon Carter, and photographs from celebrated Vogue editorials styled by Grace Coddington and Diana Vreeland, this volume surveys and celebrates the career of the iconic photographer.

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Snowdon: A Life in View is a total love letter from his colleagues and children, an intimate retelling of an extraordinary life that still continues. There really are not enough superlatives to do justice to this monographwonderfully precise and well-written textthat renders the reader breathless. Having not really been terribly familiar with his body of work, this reviewer was awed and stunned by its breadth. It is a rare moment when a reader has no trouble realizing exactly what these people rave about. This is a coffee table book that must be read and reread time and again. Antony Armstrong Jones is and was a true renaissance man who quite possibly changed our vision regarding all aspects of photography. New York Journal of Books

Curated by Snowdon himself, the photographs speak to a different world and a different time in that world. It is a beautiful book with fascinating text sections and interesting photographs that need to be studies for their technique. Apogee.com

In addition to iconic portraits, and legendary fashion images, archival material in the book includes previously unpublished Polaroids, private scrapbooks, and letters. The Style Saloniste

I absolutely love the work of the 1st Earl of Snowdon, so it was a real joy to take a look at his new publicationA Life in View looks back on an exceptional life through a selection of 175 iconic full-color and black-and-white fashion photographs and portraits taken throughout his expansive and influential career. PoliticalStyle.com

Author Bio

Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, is an English photographer and filmmaker. He was married to Princess Margaret, younger daughter of King George VI, and younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II. He is known professionally, and credited, simply as Snowdon. Edward Graydon Carter is a Canadian-born American journalist and has served as the editor of Vanity Fair since 1992. He also co-founded, with Kurt Andersen and Tom Phillips, the satirical monthly magazine Spy in 1986. Patrick Kinmouth is an Anglo-Irish opera director, designer,
and writer