Matar's photographs at sites of lethal police violence in the US and her fastidious research make for a quietly devastating critique. The formality of her images and the directness of her g... read more
To accompany the exhibition at the V&A: 150 works by Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Nan Goldin, David LaChapelle, Robert Mapplethorpe, Zanele Muholi, Helmut Newton, Cindy Sherman, Andy Warhol,... read more
A very handsome, large-format limited edition book of the lost photographs of Patrick O'Higgins, best known for Madame, his memoir about Helena Rubinstein. His photographs are a fascinating... read more
The catalogue for the 2009 Bill Brandt exhibition held at the Chris Beetles Gallery: 58 black and white plates and an introductory essay by the historian David Wootton on how Brandt envision... read more
Huene's family fled their home in St Petersburg during the Russian Revolution. Twenty years later, in Paris, his photographic career would dawn alongside a golden era of haute couture fashio... read more
Hurrah for the second issue of this thoughtful and hugely entertaining magazine! Contributors this time include Celia Paul, A.N. Wilson, Christopher Woodward of the Garden Museum, Henrietta ... read more
McCullin has travelled 5,000 miles in Turkey with the rambunctious and knowledgeable Rogerson as his cicerone. The result is this truly magnificent book of photographs, beautifully produced ... read more
Matthew Williamson made his name as a fashion designer before moving into interiors. In both careers he's been at the forefront of the anti-taupe brigade.
400 shoes that changed the world? Glossy and immense, with lavish images of the collection at the Fashion Institute of Technology, this weighs in at over 4 kilos: steel toecaps advised, wit... read more
The great Japanese couturier, who once said that he never finished a garment - it was only complete when it had been worn for several years. His pioneering style was modern, functional yet l... read more
The Belgian designer must have used many kilometres of silk jersey since she first created her hallmark wrap dress in 1972. Many illustrations; to accompany an exhibition at the Brussels Fas... read more
Large-format volume of photos and ephemera of YSL and his world, from 1989 to his last collection in 2002. By a renowned photographer who, as the son of YSL's right-hand woman, had unparalle... read more
'Please bring no clothes: we live in a state of utmost simplicity': so wrote Virginia Woolf to T.S. Eliot in 1920. Porter looks at the Bloomsbury group through their clothes - their creativi... read more