NAOMI, QUEEN OF THE CATWALK
Years before the Black Lives Matter movement, there was a teenage girl that smashed stereotypes with just a look. Not just any look, however… Naomi Campbell, the first ever-black model to grace the cover of French Vogue and TIME magazine swiped the fashion world off its feet as she strutted down the catwalk and offered her stunning features to hundreds of magazine covers, countless editorials and advertising campaigns, becoming a favorite subject for some of the best photographers of the ’80s, ’90s, and today.
The queen of the original supermodels, with more stories surrounding her love life, tantrums and behind – the – scenes tales than any other, she is now considered an icon, a cultural phenomenon: Supermodel, entrepreneur, activist, provocateur.
Originally published as a signed Collector’s Edition of just 1,000 copies, this book by Taschen gathers the very best of Campbell’s portfolio in an updated unlimited XL edition. It features photographs from the likes of Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, Richard Avedon, Anton Corbijn, Steven Meisel, Helmut Newton, Herb Ritts, Paolo Roversi, Ellen von Unwerth, and Bruce Weber, and includes sucshe is now considered a h unforgettable shoots as Peter Lindbergh ’s sequence of Naomi dancing as Josephine Baker on the beach for Italian Vogue and Jean-Paul Goude’s stunning composition of the model racing against a cheetah for U.S. Harper’s Bazaar.
The collection also features texts written by Naomi exclusively for this publication alongside magazine covers, ads, video stills, and more. Naomi recalls her childhood; the beginning of her modeling career; working with fashion’s greatest designers, including Azzedine Alaïa, John Galliano, Marc Jacobs, Karl Lagerfeld, Gianni Versace; and her meteoric rise to superstardom. Photographer biographies and an illustrated appendix are also included.
First published as a signed Collector’s Edition, now available in an unlimited and updated XL edition Naomi, updated edition, Josh Baker Hardcover with fold-outs, 24.3 x 34 cm, 522 pages, plus companion volume, 388 pages, in a box, 6.15 kg
