A Private View: Photographs & Diary

by Sante d'Orazio and Ed Ruscha

Book Overview

In a follow-up to his successful "A Private View", one of today's hottest fashion and portrait photographers presents his most thrilling images of supermodels in a large-format book printed on fine... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670882518
• ISBN13: 9780670882519
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.6" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful fashion photography

I am a fashion photographer, and I bought this book as a reference to see how Sante D'Orazio (once an unknown name to me) worked. Upon opening the cover I saw some familiar pictures, Stephanie Seymour's famous Playboy features etc, and I didn't even know it was shot by Sante. His use of lighting, his composition and his obvious communication with the models and celebrities were ruthlessly revealed. Honestly, I would even buy his outtakes!The sidenotes distracted, but some of them are actually quite funny (like they got locked up in Thailand doing a Vogue feature etc). There are also tiny amount of photographic info in the sidenotes, like the film used and exposure control etc.The best thing I like is the way he captured the instants that could just pass without a trace. Note that the smoke from Seymour's mouth is still rising, and some other models were definitely shot while they were just 'jumping around'. It's very hard to capture the spontaneity of things, especially in fashion.This book has taken a permanent place on my coffee table.

I was very impressed - packed to the brim with great pics!

A lot of these celebrity/photography books lack substance and are the same old same old, but this was packed with a lot of pictures I have never seen, and is really a feast for the eyes. I tend to buy a lot of these types of books, but this is the absolute best value for money - a great investment!

Beautifully arranged view into a photographer's world

If you've ever admired D'Orazio's work, you must have this book. After I read this, I felt as though I'd travelled into D'Orazio's glamorous world of fashion photography. His photographs have a sense of mood, each page has a "feel", I got lost for a couple of hours with it. A work of art, each photograph is like a painting. BUY THIS.

I loved it he is second to none in fashion photography

when I first opened the book I was surprised to see that it was almost all photos not much text. I had purchased the book to gain insight into the world of fashion and I was not disapointed, instead of reading words I read the images and boy did they speak volumes. As a professional photographer myself,I have always been in awe of the power of an image.Without question Sante D`orazio is in a class by himself,He has the very rare innate ability to put the soul of his subjects on film.Anyone who is thinking about going into the field of fashion photography should spend time with this book.