Here on GoSee, we bring you the second and final part with the collected best work of Vogue editor and international fashion icon Grace Coddington. The book showcases work of the last fifteen years, with spreads and photographs by 17 photographers with whom she loved to collaborate – including Steven Meisel, Annie Leibovitz, Craig McDean, David Sims, Mario Testino or also Marcus Piggot & Mert Alas. A captivating compilation of Coddington's most beloved fashion stories.
We learn from the press text : “Grace Coddington's extraordinary talent and fierce dedication to her work have made her a global icon. Known through much of her career only to the fashion set, the 2009 documentary film, 'The September Issue' turned the celebrity-adverse Coddington into an international star. In 2016, after nearly thirty years as Creative Director of Vogue US, Coddington embarked on her new role as the magazine's Creative Director-at-Large.”
A foreword by Academy Award-nominated actress Saoirse Ronan and an introduction by Annie Leibovitz describes to the reader what it is like to work with Grace Coddington. Grace herself shares anecdotes in the book and insider stories of working with the photographers and with a wide range of artists, actors and celebrities, including Jeff Koons, John Currin, Brice Marden, Keira Knightly, Eddie Redmayne, Kanye West, and Kim Kardashian. Readers learn of Coddington's experience of photography's transition from film to digital and how this has impacted the creative process in portraiture and fashion photography. A must-have!
Grace Coddington . Hardback . English . 353 x 273 mm, 13 7/8 x 10 3/4 in . 408 pp . 295 color illustrations . ISBN-13: 9780714871974 . ISBN-10: 0714871974 . Price: €165.00 . phaidon.com
