Leigh Bowery (1961-1994) was a performance artist, fashion designer, nightclub sensation, art object, aspiring pop-star and above all an icon whose influence traversed the music, art, film and fashion worlds. Perhaps he is best-known for his role as muse and nude model for some of Lucian Freud's most famous paintings: ironic for the man who was infamous for his costumes. Bowery arrived in London in 1980 from Sunshine, Australia, notoriously collaborated with dancer Michael Clark, and was proprietor of the infamous 1980s nightclub 'Taboo'. In the 1990s, Leigh Bowery created performances which both delighted and outraged audiences in New York, London and Tokyo, later incorporating his pop group, Minty. This book is the definitive guide to the looks designed and, in these photographs, worn by Leigh Bowery. One of Britain's most heroically ambitious yet underappreciated designers and performance artists, Bowery remains an inspiration to many contemporary fashion designers, though few are willing to admit it. In Leigh Bowery Looks you can easily see why: it contains more than 150 previously unpublished photographs of Bowery, an extraordinary body of work that was the outcome of his collaboration with British photographer Fergus Greer between 1988 and 1994, the year of Bowery's death.

Leigh Bowery Looks /anglais

Arts & Photography

Greer, Fergus

Photography & Video

Thames&Hudson

<p>From instantly recognizable celebrities, models, actors, and politicians, to the so-called ?ordinary? people, Portraits presents a stunning collection of photography. The book features the work of such eminent practitioners as Herb Ritts, Patrick Lichfield, Lord Snowdon, David Bailey, Irving Penn, Terry Richardson, David la Chapelle, Anton Corbin, Martin Parr, and Nick Knight, alongside their personal anecdotes and professional tips and secrets. Portraits will appeal both to the professional and to the amateur photographer who wishes to learn from the best in the field, to celebrity buffs and glossy coffee table literature collectors, as well as to the many satisfied readers of the previous two titles in the series, Wildlife and Landscape.</p>

Portraits: The World's Top Photographers

Rotovision

<p>The work of 35 of the world's finest portrait photographers is collected together and showcased for the first time in this volume. The book features images of some of the world's best-known stars of stage and screen, royalty, and beautifully captured faces of people from around the world. Revealing interviews with each photographer provide an insight into their philosophy and working methods, and detailed picture captions tell the fascinating stories behind the images.</p>

The World's Top Photographers: Portraits: And the Stories Behind Their Greatest Images

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Books by Greer, Fergus

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Leigh Bowery Looks /anglais

Portraits: The World's Top Photographers

The World's Top Photographers: Portraits: And the Stories Behind Their Greatest Images