Jetset fashion photographer Sante D’Orazio’s photo-journal-scrapbook combines rock’n'roll camerawork with candid handwritten observations. Models, celebrities, friends and fashionistas all feature in this collage-diary of life in the fast lane from 1997 to 2008.
All-night parties and day-long photo sessions provide the light and shade of D’Orazio’s jetset lifestyle— celebrities, models, musicians, actors and artists all feature, in various states of dress and undress. Included here are Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, Diane Kruger, Tricia Helfer, Stephanie Seymour, Liz Hurley, Jay-Z, Mickey Rourke, Angelina Jolie, Christina Aguilera, Pam Anderson, Keith Richards, Axl Rose, Damien Hirst, Julian Schnabel and many others.
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Informal images contrast with posed shots, color with black and white, and outtakes are shown along published photos from the likes of Playboy and Interview. With a keen eye, this New York-based photographer creates a dynamic tableau of moods and styles. Access to this demi-monde is rare; capturing its essence in words and pictures, rarer still. Sante D’Orazio succeeds on both counts.
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About the photographer:
Sante D’Orazio (b. 1956) is an internationally renowned photographer whose advertising campaign clients include Versace, Tommy Hilfiger, Victoria’s Secret, Revlon, and L’Oreal, and whose editorial fashion shoots have featured in Vogue, Esquire, Town & Country, Max, Interview and Vanity Fair. His previous books include A Private View (1998), Sante D’Orazio: Photographs (2000), and Gianni and Donatella (2007).
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