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by Lillian Bassman (Author), Eric Himmel (Contributor) Format: Kindle Edition
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Stunning images of women in intimate apparel from the artist heralded as “among the most important fashion photographers of the twentieth century” (The New York Times).
 
Through the 1950s and the early 1960s, working with that era’s supermodels, fashion photographer Lillian Bassman created the quintessential modern feminine image of women in their lingerie. As Ginia Bellafante put it in the New York Times recently, “In place of heavyset women constraining themselves in what was essentially equipment, Ms. Bassman deployed immeasurably lithe models, conveying a world in which women seemed to linger in the pleasures of their own sensuality.” Fifty years later, these images have lost none of their allure, and the enormous cultural impact of the TV show Mad Men has given them new currency.
 
“For more than half a century, Lillian Bassman’s lingerie-themed photographs have seduced the viewer, with their stark contrast, stunningly graceful figure lines, and vivid texture.” —Vanity Fair
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Lillian Bassman is a beloved figure in the pantheon of fashion photographers. Her signature style, once described by Richard Avedon as making “visible that heartbreaking invisible place between the appearance and the disappearance of things,” offers a sensuous and intimate vision of modern women. She lives in New York City.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B007IGKE46
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ ABRAMS Books (March 1, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 1, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 7230 KB
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S. Rodionov
5.0 out of 5 stars Great prints by great photographer.
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2013
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This book is one of three available albums of Lillian Bassman and it was published shortly before she passed away in 2012.

She was one of last true artists in photography. Its people like her, that made fashion photography into art, and it was art for a while, till it got degraded once again to its present level. Dont look at this album as some sort of historical excursion into lingerie or any kind of guidance on advertising (she did quite a number of advertising shoots for large lingerie accounts back in days).
This is artistic collection.

And if you tempted to buy it in electronic format - dont. Buy a real printed album - these prints do deserve to be viewed as intended - printed on paper.

And most of all - enjoy it. Enjoy vision of true artist from bygone era of photography that was driven by inspirations from art, dance, ballet, music and paintings. Era when Avedon, Schteichen , Penn created their masterpieces. And so did Lillian Bassman.
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John S. Young
5.0 out of 5 stars An important icon captured.
Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2013
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Short and sharp with iconic images well rendered. Only lacks clarity and depiction of how the originals groundbreaking photographs were altered later in Bassman's significant career.
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Luv Working Out
3.0 out of 5 stars The shipping was fine and the book in good condition
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2016
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When buying from Amazon, I can't review the book in advance. The shipping was fine and the book in good condition. The book itself was just okay. Was expecting more from the cover shots as far as unique designs.
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Sharon Gordon
5.0 out of 5 stars What an eye
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2012
As the photographer/author of Treasured Chests it is with great delight I see what other photographers have done with the female form. These images are really inspirational, beautiful and creative. Some of the best I have seen.
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Olivia Duff
1.0 out of 5 stars Missing pages
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2024
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This book arrived with pages torn out of it. Hardly “used — like new” if entire spreads are missing. For the price, I’m very disappointed.
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Dana B
4.0 out of 5 stars Makes a great addition to your Lillian Bassman Collection
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2013
Overall: This book does a great job showing Lillian Bassman's lingerie work, and it makes a great addition to your Lillian Bassman collection. However, if you are looking for only one Lillian Bassman book, I recommend "Lillian Bassman: Women".
http://www.amazon.com/Lillian-Bassman-Women-Deborah-Solomon/dp/0810982609/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1357698649&sr=8-1&keywords=lillian+bassman
I highly recommend it in addition to the Women book.

About this book: This book was compiled by Lillian and her children. It focuses on her 50s and 40s work, but it includes later pieces as well. There is a short intro, then the book is photo after beautiful photo. There are approximately 127 pages in this hard cover book. The book's dimensions are approximately 8x13. The book is all black and white photographs.

About Lillian Bassman: Lillian Bassman is a Fine Art/ Fashion photographer who is well known for her high contrast portraits. She takes fashion and beauty to a whole new level. Her compositions are amazing. Sadly, she died in February 2012. In my opinion, Lillian is perhaps one of the greatest portrait photographer ever.

What this book is not: This book does not represent most lingerie photographs of the 1950s; it represents Lillian Bassman's lingerie work. This book is not a pin up book, but it is a fine art/fashion photography book.

The moral of this review, get some Lillian Bassman and enjoy her genius.
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Mr. Happy
2.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the price
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2012
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I loved the idea of seeing glamour shots from yesteryear as this is one of my favorite areas of photographic practice. I love shooting glamour when I can and thought I'd like to see how a famous women's photographer from decades ago when glamour was at least risque had made compelling shots. While I enjoyed the few photos in the book (have the Kindle version on my iPad), the text was superficial. Overall, there are very much better resources out there that deal with historical photography, including glamour and beyond. I doubt Lillian Bassman would have felt this book was sufficient to convey the substance and essence of her work.
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Nachtjager
3.0 out of 5 stars Wasn't really familiar with her work, but as a photographer, this book hasn't made me a fan - can't recommend this one.
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2017
I'm quite sure I will be considered a slob with absolutely no culture, but I'm sorry, I bought this book having seen a few of Bassman's photos on the web and I've been doing pin-up/boudoir photography as a hobby and side business since the late 1980's - I'm afraid I am utterly unimpressed. I have a lot of photography books, mostly dealing with women, fashion, lingerie, pin-up art, and things of that nature as I love studying the glamour years and replicating them with my photos.

To be quite honest, unless you already know Lillian Bassman's work and happen to be a big fan, this book will probably disappoint you, as it did me. I suppose it's like how some people rave about Bob Dylan's talent, while others, like myself, just don't see it or understand it. As a longtime photographer who started with Leicas and now uses a small fleet of digital cameras and a lot of editing software as well, all I can say is, Bassman's "style" is perplexing to me - if anything, her style was to take pictures that were extremely grainy (lots of noise) and generally out-of-focus. If you like photos that are deliberately out of focus with a whole lot of grain (we're talking sand paper here), then you'll probably like her work in this book. Maybe ten or fifteen images I found to be interesting and of any real value, the rest, sorry, just didn't impress me as anything but somebody trying to be very avant garde in the film age with very poor quality images that some people, obviously, find appealing. Sorry, didn't appeal to me.
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mayte p
5.0 out of 5 stars Muy buen libro, ella es magnífica.
Reviewed in Spain on April 9, 2019
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Maravillosa fotógrafa, muy buen libro comprado exclusivamente para disfrute personalm
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andreas golanowski
5.0 out of 5 stars Preis o.k.
Reviewed in Germany on April 9, 2019
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Bruce M. Walker
5.0 out of 5 stars An instant favourite.
Reviewed in Canada on October 22, 2016
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An instant favourite. I already own Bassman's Women  Lillian Bassman: Women  so I knew this was book would be a must-have, and I was glad to see almost no overlap in images here.

Bassman had a unique view of women and how to portray them and the images admirably reproduced here are inspirational and super enjoyable to browse through.
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nick
5.0 out of 5 stars splendido libro
Reviewed in Italy on December 19, 2013
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splendido libro consiglio a tutti gli amanti della fotografia,
ottima confezione e imballo
consegna nei tempi previsti
molto soddisfatto, se avrò occasione comprerò ancora
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Jenny
5.0 out of 5 stars A Book to Keep
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 7, 2013
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I purchased this book for my husband who for a while worked as a fashion photographer in the 1960's the most exciting and innovative time in British Fashion - the 'Swinging Sixties'. He is thrilled with the work of Lillian Bassman and finds it quite inspirational. He has commented that there is nothing he sees today that is as beautiful as her photography and she did not need an army of people to do it - just her and the model!
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