Scanned images

Here are some scanned images of pages from the book 'Unseen Vogue'which has a selection of photos, letters, contact sheets and test strips which have never been published in Vogue, or available to the public before.

'Weekend in Brussells' 1947 Norman Parkinson

  Love this series of photos going on and coming off the plane, reminds me of the photo sequences by Duane Michals I posted before. Even though some of the photos seem posed, the poses are relaxed and natural. The photos have an element of surveillance in them, as it appears the photographer has bent down to take photos from underneath the plane, and also behind the wing, as well as behind a tree in the top left photo which acts as a cover but also frames the inset detail, drawing in attention.

Images of Jean Shrimpton, 1962 David Bailey

 

 

 

Quote from the page writing "documentary realism that Bailey seldom used again for fashion reporting" "assemblages of a street vernacular: billboard signs, discarded bottle tops, advertising hoardings, shop fronts, road signs and cinema posters ." 
Street photography style photos, the smoke in the right photo disguises some of the model, making it seem more casual and less 'perfect'. 

Fashion Photographs, 1986 Steven Meisel, on location in New York

The billboard in the left photo is covering the models face, exposing only her legs and feet. 
The right photo is more posed and her whole body is exposed, which gives the photo a different dimension, because she has more of an identity because we can see her face.

Rosemary Ferguson and Cecilia Chancellor, 1993, Corinne Day

Quote from the page "her prints were likened to stills from a gritty documentary or freeze frames from a home movie. Whatever they were, they tried hard not to be fashion photographs, attempting to be natural and without 'style'."

The photo on the left is quite bleached out and monotone, there is no detail in the sky, and the feel of it is quite 'moody'. Also it's an interesting crop, because the bike is visible behind right, why has it not been cropped out? Maybe to add more detail in the background and to add another dimension to the photo, because the perspective is quite interesting because it appears on a tilt, then you see the cyclist, and then the uniform houses in the background. Also the model's black skirt, and the cyclist stand out because they are darker in tone.
The photo on the right is more casual, and has more things going on the background, it appears less posed and more in the moment, and again the terrain appears on a tilt, as if the model is going up hill.