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Title: William Wegman : Fashion Photographs by Ingrid Sisch, William Wegman ISBN: 0-8109-2944-9 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Fun, Fashion, and Photography: Putting on the Dog!
Comment: You can love this book for any one of three reasons:
1. You enjoy dogs (especially weimaraners) and enjoy seeing them unusually well posed to look like attractive humans.
2. The connection between haute couture model and the fashion fascinates you, and you are open to seeing how line, tilt of head, and connected ratios form pleasing images.
3. You love photography and want to better understand how much of the "art" is in the scene itself, versus how much comes from the photographer.
Naturally, if you like all three elements, you have a much more than five star book in your hands.
You have to see these photographs to believe how good they are, unless you already happen to know Mr. Wegman's work. Take a look at the cover to get a hint.
Basically, Mr. Wegman takes his weimaraners (Chundo, Batina, Crooky, and Chip) and treats them like human fashion models. He dresses them in stylish hats, wigs, dresses, suits, shoes, mannequin parts, and other accessories to create "human" poses. Think of this as being a little bit like what Cindy Sherman does in posing as a well-known actress in her own photographs of famous movie scenes.
The approach is mostly done in a slightly campish way, emphasizing bright and bold background colors which contrast and make a context for different bright accessory and fashion colors. The natural color of the weimaraneers is the "coolest" part of the visual image.
What was brilliant to me was "seeing" what draws my eye in a photographic composition. Normally, I think I'm looking at a model, but based on my reactions to these photographs I'm really drawn much more to a curve, a line, a tilt of the head, or an incline of the body in the model. Seeing the weimaraners anthromorphized in this way allowed me to understand the appeal of the photographs at a much more fundamental level. I thought that Mr. Wegman's works with hats and fur coats were especially successful from this perspective.
The brief essays in the book are also valuable for describing how similar it is to work with either human models or the weimaraners. That relieves a certain tension in your mind as you imagine this work being unpleasant to the dogs. But, reportedly they love it and get nice breaks during the day.
Here are my favorite images in the book:
Three hat photographs: Migratory, Calla Lily, and Ben Day -- all from 1999
Two fur coats: Polar Extreme and Blue Powder -- both from 1994
Evolution of a Bottle (Series of 5) from 1999
Bikini 1999
Glamour Puss 1999
Opening 1999
Melissa 1994
To extend your learning after you finish enjoying this book, I suggest that you try something similar with scarves, hats, and wigs with say chunks of wood, large crystals, or flowers. Whether you photograph the scenes or not, you will learn a lot in composing what is appealing to you.
See beauty and classic style all around you . . . always!
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful photographic blend of comedy with fashion insights
Comment: William Wegman, famous for incorporating clothed dogs in his photos, here presents a fashion statement to accompany a major traveling exhibition: anthromorphic fashion photos modeling some of the best designers' creations - with canines. The result blends comedy with fashion insights.
Rating: 5
Summary: Gotta love this guy's work!
Comment: This book presents Wegman's most intriguing and provocative portfolio to date -- a series of eerily antrhopomorphic (and very funny), high-fashion photographs.
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Title: Fay by William Wegman ISBN: 0786864869 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: 24 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Wegmanology by William Wegman ISBN: 0786804505 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: William Wegman Polaroids by William Wegman ISBN: 0810934809 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: 08 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Man's Best Friend 2004 Wall Calendar by William Wegman ISBN: 0810978601 Publisher: Harry N Abrams Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: William Wegman Puppies 2004 Wall Calendar by William Wegman ISBN: 0810978733 Publisher: Harry N Abrams Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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