Michael Thompson: Images

About this book

In his first book photographer Michael Thompson offers a grand almost fantastical vision of fashion glamour and style. A compelling yet enigmatic sequence of radiant images-plucked from his fashion spreads portrait shoots and personal projects-unfolds across these pages transcending the original commissions to form a dreamlike narrative. Thompson with editor Dennis Freedman presents a surrealistic high-concept exploration of the theme of seeing with ones eyes closed even as he seduces us with his photographic craftsmanship. Invoking a pantheon of sources references and inspirations-from Vermeer Man Ray and Cocteau to Kubrick and Coppola-Thompson has turned the cool austere style for which he is known upside down to reveal its lush dark under-pinnings. This deluxe volume brings together Thompsons alluring photographs of some of the worlds most celebrated subjects and beautiful models including Claudia Schiffer Sting Kate Moss and Britney Spears. The book reveals as never before the versatile and inventive vision of this stellar photographer.