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The Christmas List: Steven Meisel Three Hundred and Seventeen & Counting (Covers for Vogue Italia, 1988-2009…)

Photographer Stephen Meisel has shot every Vogue Italia cover for the last 20 years. Three Hundred and Seventeen and Counting, his third photography book, was released this week, featuring all his fabulous shoots including the infamous Supermodels going to rehab and B-list celebrities posing on the red carpet. Described as a “monument” - This books spans Meisel’s work from July 1988 - to today. It is a “once in a lifetime archive” that underlines the unique relationship between the photographer and Italian Vogue. “The freedom that Steven Meisel enjoys on Italian Vogue is exceptional, as is the length of the collaboration and its systematic nature, both unprecedented in the field.” FAAABULOUS.

€ 49.00 Mallard/Janvier Price. Publication date: May 2009.