Talk:Fashion photography

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 * I really wish something had come of this. This article is still extremely lacking! Bastique ☎ call me! 21:06, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

The list
Now at List of fashion photographers – Gurch 03:08, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Resources

 * "History of Fashion Photography Essay by Aidan O'Rourke" - a very good overview of the history, a lot of text, great for mining data.
 * Fashion Photography on about.com - possibly useful links
 * fashion.net "how to become a fashion photographer"
 * Encarta article

German article translation
Fashion photography is a branch of photography, which concerns itself with illustrating clothing fashion - usually for the purpose of advertisement and sale.

In 1856 Adolphe Brown made first fashion photos, when he(?) published a book with 288 photographs of Virginia Oldoini, comtesse de Castiglione, a Tuscan noble woman at the court of Napoleon III.. The Comtesse demonstrated her clothes in these images and so became the first photo model in history. (we already have this).

In the early 20th century fashion photographs made its first appearance in French magazines such as La mode practique and Les mode. In 1909, Condé Nast took over Vogue magazine and introduced fashion photography. Special emphasis was placed on stagin the shots, a process first developed by Baron Adolf de Meyer, who shot his models in natural environments and poses. Vogue was followed by its rival, Harper's Bazaar, and the two companies were leaders in the field of fashion photography throughout the 1920s and 1930s.

In Europe, photographers such as Edward Steichen, George Hoyningen Huene, Horst P. Horst and Cecil Beaton transformed genre into an outstanding art form. Yvahad a studio of her own in Berlin, in which Helmut Newton trained. Europe, and especially Germany, was for a short time the acclaimed leader in fashion photography worldwide. With the rise of fascism, however, the focus shifted to the United States, where Vogue and Harper's continued their old rivalry. House photographers such as Irving Penn, Regina Relang, Martin Munkacsi, Richard Avedon, and Louise Dahl-Wolfe would shape the look of fashion photography for the following decades. The artists abandoned their rigid forms for a style that was much more free. In 1936 Martin Munkacsi made the first phothographs of models in sporty poses at the beach. Under the artistic direction of Alexander Brodovich, the Harper's Bazaar quickly introduced this new style into its magazine.

Exhibtion at the Victoria & Albert
This article might have some usable info and quotes... http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/photography/past_exhns/imperfect/index.html ... Itt's about an exhibition of contemporary photogs at the Victoria and Albert, the blurbage has some useful stuff maybe ++Lar: t/c 04:11, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Merge into photography?

 * No merge I think the two articles are able to stand independently. Fashion is a unique specialty of photography and a well-developed article will have sufficient detail that should not be part of a larger article.  TheMindsEye 03:32, 9 February 2007 (UTC)


 * No merge I agree with The MindsEye. Fashion photography is an independent kind of photography as well as art form and should be covered as such.--Janankerjorgensen (talk) 17:55, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Merge
I suggest we merge this article (and the two others linked in the "Photographer" article) with Photographer. All four articles are stubs, combining them would solve the problem for all four articles. I do not suggest merging with "Photography" because that article is already long enough. Christophore 11:28, 9 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Opposed. Being a stub is not enough reason for merging with other articles.  This topic is quite big enough to merit its own article--simply because nobody's expanded it, doesn't mean it's not worth expanding.  Bastiq ▼ e demandez 14:54, 10 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Opposed. While the article is a stub today, the topic has enough information and variety to grow into a full-fledged article. The topics are diverse enough to support separate articles.  TheMindsEye 18:44, 10 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Opposed. Fashion photography is an extremely distinct genre and merits its own article. Bigtrick 05:28, 13 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Oppose - Photographer is about the profession of taking photographs. Fashion photography is about a type of art. A merge between the two should never have been suggested, although it is understandable, given the redirect/misnaming used in the photographer article. Rewrites and merges of the sections more appropriately suited to the other would make sense, and perhaps a new article photographic styles or similar could possibly be used to merge the stub-like articles. LinaMishima 04:16, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Suggested Rewording
The fourth paragraph of the History section begins "In the mid 1940s as World War II approached..." Since WW II began in 1939 and ended in 1945, this makes no sense. It should be reworded as "In the mid 1930s as World War II approched..." or "In the mid 1940s as the end of World War II approched..." depending on which is actually the case. Dwight Burdette (talk) 00:50, 16 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Done.Artiquities (talk) 08:06, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Still life fashion
I have removed a subsection titled "Still Life Fashion" because there were not citations or references. SpiritedMichelle (talk) 02:58, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

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History needs citation on Adolphe Braun
In 1856, Adolphe Braun published a book containing 288 photographs of Virginia Oldoini, Countess di Castiglione,

I cannot find reference to this book or any images by Braun, a landscape photographer in library and museum searches. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Samccornwell (talk • contribs) 22:44, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

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 * Wow, this was exciting to see. I've been working on improving this article over the last few weeks, myself, and it's great seeing someone else involved. We really need history after 1970-today, as well as sections talking about how fashion photography is done. Bastique ☎ call me! 04:00, 21 November 2022 (UTC)