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1984 · 87851 — London: Quartet Books 1984. First Edition stated Presumed first printing limited to only 10000 copies. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Rebecca Blake Photographer. The format is approximately 1125 inches by 13.5 inches. DH has slight wear and soiling. Unpaginated. Preface Nocturnes Fairy Tales Night visions Forbidden Dreams Virgins and Vampires Index. Afterword. Profusely illustrated in color. Signed and dated on the title page after the verso. Concept by David Leddick. Design by Vincent Gagliostro. Preface by Lina Wertmuller. This is an oversized book and if sent outside of the United States will require additional shipping charges. Seventy-eight fashion photographs combine eroticism violence surrealism and a sense of mystery. Passion glamour eroticism irony these are Rebecca Blake's obsessions document here in seventy-eight photographs that sear--and chill--with a dry-ice intensity. While issuing form the concerns and conventions of fashion photography Blake's work transcends that or any other genre sometimes achieving the character of the psychological portrait sometimes that of the cinematographic tableau. Always sumptuous--never more so that when they flirt with the violent the gritty the ambiguous these images are of a complexity that rewards and occasionally defies multiple viewings. Rebecca Blake was an acclaimed music video/commercial director and fashion photographer perhaps best known for her collaborations with music artist Prince. Born in Antwerp Belgium Blake came to the United States at a young age and her European roots are evident in her work and aesthetics. She attended the prestigious High School for Music and Art as a piano major before attending New York University where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree studying music and art history. After graduating college Blake quickly established a career as a successful commercial photographer working with some of the world’s most prestigious fashion and beauty brands: Estee Lauder Revlon Elizabeth Arden Yves St. Laurent and Clairol among others. In 1977 she was hired by director Irvin Kershner to work closely with both himself and actress Faye Dunaway as special photographic consultant on the feature film The Eyes of Laura Mars which starred Dunaway as a New York fashion photographer who has premonitions of murders. At the same time Blake was commissioned by Columbia Pictures to create a series of erotic photographs which were featured in the film alongside work by German fashion photographer Helmut Newton. Blake quickly moved into directing commercials for clients such as L’Oréal Pantene Revlon Shiseido Victoria’s Secret Guess Maybelline Citroen and Volkswagen. Over the course of her career Blake worked with an extensive list of the top models musicians and actors of our time: Angelina Jolie Claudia Schiffer Kate Moss Cindy Crawford Hallie Berry Jessica Lange Monica Bellucci John Travolta Christie Brinkley U2 Duran Duran Debbie Harry Sheena Easton Sheila E. Michael Bolton KISS George Benson Pattie La Belle Stephanie Seymour Lauren Hutton Paulina Porizkova Brooke Shields Grace Jones Vanessa Williams John Malkovich Kevin Kline Darryl Hall and Luis Miguel among others. Blake was a trailblazer in many ways being one of the handful of women who were able to break into the traditional “boy’s club†of advertising and music video production at a time when females were relegated to lesser roles. Blake’s photography is in the permanent collections of the International Center of Photography The Brooklyn Museum and The Mellon Collection of Surreal Art. Her work has been exhibited at The Rizzoli Gallery Nikon House The Hastings Gallery The Witkin Gallery and The Light Gallery among others.<br /> I. Quartet Books hardcover