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Gan, Stephen (ed). Visionaire 25. Visionary.. New York [1998], 1998.
Price: US$60.08 + shipping
Description: 31,5x31,5 cm. 26 folding posters (numbered 1-24 a&b, 25). Loose as issued in printed slipcase, housed in a clear printed plastic slipcase. The plastic slip-case is unfortunately partly damaged. Printed in 5000 numbered copies, this is no. 1179.
Seller: Rönnells Antikvariat AB, Stockholm, Sweden
Price: US$77.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1st Printing. 146 pages. Published in 1998. The photographer's breakthrough debut collection. Mario Testino's best book. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the Second and Third Editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Mario Testino and Stephen Gan: Glossy pictorial hard boards with white titles on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Mario Testino. Introduction by Patrick Kinmonth. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United Kingdom to the highest standards. In matching wraparound DJ with white titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Mario Testino's "Any Objections?". The first, and by far, the best, collection of photographs by the globe-trotting fashion/lifestyle photographer whose indebtedness to William Klein is evident on every page. Right from the doublespread cover of a Rio de Janeiro beach teeming with near-naked men and women too close to one another for comfort (yet unmindful of the fact), the Peruvian-born photographer takes off. Testino embraces the separate worlds of international high fashion, Hollywood, and celebrity as well as the vibrant life of the ordinary street. Deploying a style that is unmistakably influenced by William Klein, especially the latter's brash, "in-your-face" approach, Testino nevertheless gives it a decidedly Latin/gay flavor. Unlike William Klein, who tempers his aggressiveness with a distancing, mediated irony, Testino unabashedly embraces his subject because it is his dream-world, who he wants to be, and what he has indeed become. He is the exuberant Latin Temperament Incarnate, and also happens to be openly and proudly gay. One of the most successful photographers actively working today, avidly followed by readers of Vogue, W, Harper's Bazaar, Visionaire, and Vanity Fair Magazine, Testino is also the very last person to photograph - and re-imagine - Princess Diana just days before her violent death. If Diana had no objections to being photographed by Testino, who are we to object? An absolute "must-have" title for Mario Testino collectors. This title is a contemporary lifestyle-cum-street photography classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have very serious flaws (yet are priced as though they had collectible value) or are subsequent printings. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. 82 duotone, 49 color plates, 5 foldouts. One of the most notable photographers of our time. A fine copy. ISBN 0714838160.
Seller: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
. Visionaire 26 Fantasy. Visionaire, New York, 1998.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: No. 839 of 6,000 limited edition. Round box, with glossy paper pastedown of photo of model in white gown. Diameter of box is 33 cm. With Hermes mask. Round leaves below with photos and/or drawings on both sides of all but top leaf.
Seller: White Fox Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$137.50 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: 72pp of individual circular photographic reproductions laid into a 13" cylindrical printed cardboard case, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Published in an edition of six thousand copies, this is the twenty-sixth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, To help get you in the mood for the "Fantasy" theme, this issue of "Visionaire" includes a special custom-made Hermes masque for just this very purpose. Its contributors include Mario Testino, Stephen Klein, Tyen, Nick Knight, Terry Richardson, Carter Smith, David Byrne, Todd Haynes, Tony Oursler, Laurie Simmons, Jack Pierson, Gregory Crewdson, Andres Serrano, Christian Lacroix, Isaac Mizrahi, Manolo Blahnik, David LaChapelle, Mariko Mori, Tim Noble and Sue Webster, Karl Lagerfeld, Jeff Wall, Nicolas Ghesquiere, Viktor & Rolf, Jeremy Scott, Tim Burton, Marcus Piggott, Mert Alas, Isabella Blow, Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, and more. A brand new, pristine unnumbered hors commerce example marked "Display" still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. It has been priced accordingly. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase.
Seller: Arcana: Books on the Arts, Culver City, CA, U.S.A.
various. Visionaire 25. Visionaire, New York, 1998.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Number 140 of 5000 - outer clear plastic cracked, faint wear to box, fine internally with 24 inserts and the CD Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Inventory No: 046736.
Seller: Pazzo Books, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Gan, Stephen; Visionaire. Visionaire 26. Visionaire Publishing, 1998.
Price: US$170.05 + shipping
Description: ~~Display Copy, still sealed~~New/Sealed 1998 Visionaire #26 in round box, still sealed. Display copy stamp instead of number round the side, limited edition of 6000. A little shelf-wear to cellophane wrapping only. Photographs by Jack Pierson, Carter Smith, David Byrne, Mario Testino, and many others. The issue is enclosed in a round box, with the photographs on individual unbound sheets, with a mask by Hermes laid into the box. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; ISBN: 1888645040. ISBN/EAN: 9781888645040. Dewey Code: 709.2. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 088698.
Seller: 84 Charing Cross Road Books, IOBA, Cambridge, CAMBS, United Kingdom
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Individual plates laid into a sliding plastic slipcase, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Published in an edition of two thousand, five hundred copies, this is the twenty-fifth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. Celebrating its tenth anniversary, Visionaire presents here "twenty five visionaries in art and fashion" whose stellar contributors include Craig McDean, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Helmut Lang, Karl Lagerfeld, Mario Sorrenti and Jane Howe, David Bowie, Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, D.J. Towa Tei, Tony Oursler, Tracey Emin, Gavin Turk, Beth B., and more. A most handsome individually numbered example showing a bit wear and browning to its plastic slipcase. It has been priced accordingly. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase.
Seller: Arcana: Books on the Arts, Culver City, CA, U.S.A.
. Visionaire 25 Visionary Tenth Anniversary Issue. Visionaire, New York, 1998.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: No. 1,523 of 5,000 limited edition. Still wrapped in shrink wrap and completely unopened.
Seller: White Fox Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Individual plates laid into a sliding plastic slipcase, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Published in an edition of two thousand, five hundred copies, this is the twenty-fifth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. Celebrating its tenth anniversary, Visionaire presents here "twenty five visionaries in art and fashion" whose stellar contributors include Craig McDean, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Helmut Lang, Karl Lagerfeld, Mario Sorrenti and Jane Howe, David Bowie, Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, D.J. Towa Tei, Tony Oursler, Tracey Emin, Gavin Turk, Beth B., and more. A brand new, most handsome individually numbered example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase.
Seller: Arcana: Books on the Arts, Culver City, CA, U.S.A.
GAN, Stephen. Visionaire 26 Fantasy. Visionaire, 1998.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Glam limited edition copies #1159 & #1607 of 6,000 copies featuring an Hermes silk mask & (36) circular fashion images Fantasy is the subtext of every issue of Visionaire, but with 26 FANTASY we pushed the boundaries to the fantastical. A round box houses round, unbound artwork. Each of the cover elements photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin is produced exclusively for FANTASY: The dress was designed by Nicolas Ghesquiere for Balenciaga, Viktor & Rolf made the banner, and Jeremy Scott created the gold porcelain dolls head and hands. It is the first time we published Tim Burton, Gregory Crewdson, and Marcus Piggott and Mert Alas. There is a special section curated by Isabella Blow featuring, among others, David LaChapelle, Mariko Mori, and Tim Noble and Sue Webster. Each issue includes an Hermes mask.
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
LAGERFELD, Karl. Visionaire #23: The Emperor's New Clothes. Visionaire, 1998.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Limited Edition copy #3,630 of 5,000 copies Visionaire 1998 23 THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES is our nude issue. Setting fashion aside but keeping style intact, fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld picked up his camera for Visionaire and photographed fifty of the world's most beautiful people. Over the course of nine months, ensconced in his private Paris studio, he captured men and women as they shed their clothes to reveal their true physiques - and their true selves. Subjects include supermodels Amber Valletta, Linda Evangelista, and Karen Elson, actors Rupert Everett, Julie Delpy, and Demi Moore, industrial designer Marc Newson, and New York City Ballet's principal dancer Nikolaj Hubbe. Presented in a custom-designed, blond-wood painter s box, the rich, sepia-toned prints are packaged like bon bons, with chocolate-colored flock and ribbon.
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Ford, Tom. Visionaire 24 Light Tom Ford for Gucci. Visionaire Pub, E-133, 1998.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Lucite Box. Oblong 8vo. Visionaire Publishing, LLC. 1998. Illustrated with 24 Color / Black and White Plates. First Edition/First Printing. Number 585 of 3300 limited numbered copies. Loose plates in hard plastic case. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Designed by Tom Ford. Limited to three thousand, three hundred copies, Visionaire No. 24: "Light" is one of the most highly prized issues of everyone's favorite deluxe fashion quarterly. For it "Visionaire teamed up with fashion luminary Tom Ford and Gucci on an issue devoted to the theme - Light. This was our most ambitious project to date in terms of content and production. There was a conscious effort on the parts of both Visionaire and Ford to steer clear of fashion and to focus on what we considered to be fine-art images. It introduced a new cast of contributors to the Visionaire fold: artists such as Sam Taylor-Wood, Andreas Gursky, and Christopher Bucklow; art director Peter Saville; animator Hayao Miyazaki; and architect Toyo Ito". The transparencies are housed in an elegant 5 ½ x 15 x 2 ½" sliding black Lucite case affixed with a silver plaque that contains a Lumigraphics light-emitting sheet operating on ten AAA batteries. ; 18.50 X 8.03 X 4.41 inches
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.