TERENCE DONOVAN 100 Fashion Photographs

Terence Donovan (1936-1996) was one of the foremost photographers of his generation, with a career spanning almost 40 years. He came to prominence in London as part of a post-war renaissance in art, design and music, representing a new force in fashion and, later, advertising and portrait photography. He operated at the heart of London's Swinging Sixties, both as participant in, and observer of, the world he so brilliantly and incisively captured with his camera. Born into a working-class family in East London, Donovan was fascinated by photography and printmaking from an early age. He opened his own studio in 1959 at the age of 22 and was immediately sought after by a range of clients, including leading advertising agencies and fashion and lifestyle magazines of the time, including Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Elle and Blondie on the cover of Cosmopolitan. This special tribute brings together the very best of his fashion photography, from his ground-breaking work in the 60s to the superlative glamour of the supermodels of the 90s and contains some of his most famous shots, as well as previously unseen images. We like Man About the Black Country with a no-nonsense male model wearing aspirational clothes and a smiling Eva Herzigova (as in Hello Boys) 1990, and Stella Tennant 1995 and some VIP dressing. Stylish colour and black-and-white and beautiful design. 112 pages.