Fashion's front line
Subtitle: fashion show photography from the runway to backstage
By: photographs by Niall McInerney ; written by Nilgin Yusuf ; art direction by Clive Crook
Contributors: Yusuf, Nilgin, author
Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9781472596598
Subjects: Fashion photography
Description: Before the live streaming of international catwalk shows and the instant culture of digital reproduction, you had to be there. Alongside the black-clad fashion editors, buyers and front row celebrities were the photographers: unsung heroes of fashion who captured the moments that would go on to provide our record of fashion as it happened. A visual journey through three decades of photographing shows in Paris, Milan, London and New York, Fashion's Front Line showcases the extraordinary work of catwalk photographer Niall McInerney. Giving readers the complete picture, the book captures many rare and never-before-seen images of iconic moments on the runway, famous faces on front row, the atmosphere backstage and dazzling after-show parties. With commentary from the photographer himself, as well as interviews with the fashion insiders, Fashion's Front Line is a unique window onto the world of late 20th-century fashion. As good as a front row ticket, this book will be a must-have for fashion lovers and scholars alike.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Fashion's front line: the culture of the runway; title: Preparing for battle: becoming a runway photographer; title: Capturing the runway: the skills and scrums of runway photography; title: Runway coups: game-changing collections; title: Fashion factions: designer battle lines; title: Full-scale assault on the senses: Spectacular show productions; title: The new model army: walking the walk; title: Blazing style, dynamite charisma: front row and beyond; title: Inside the bunker: magic and mayhem backstage; title: Surprise ambush: the unexpected and unscheduled; title: March of technology: changing tech from production to dissemination; title: Postscript: reflections on fashion's battlefield.