An irresistible volume chronicling the fiery photographic collaboration of David Bailey and Angelica Huston David Bailey was the model for the swinging playboy photographer in Michelangelo Antonioni's classic 1966 film, Blow-Up. Born in London in 1938, Bailey had, by 1960, become the first celebrity photographer--known especially for his revolutionary work for Vogue, and for the fact that he socialized with actors, musicians and royalty. His many influential books include, Trouble and Strife (1980), Nudes (1984), If We Shadows (1991), The Lady Is a Tramp (1995) and Rock 'n' Roll Heroes (1997). Bailey's Box of Pin-Ups (1964)--a box of posters of London celebrities like Terence Stamp, The Beatles and the notorious East End gangsters, The Kray Twins--remains an extremely influential publication for its then-odd close cropping of the subjects' heads, which has since become a common technique in fashion photography, in order to give the illusion that the model is larger than life. In 1973, Bailey did all his major fashion shoots for British Vogue with actress and, at that time, occasional model, Anjelica Huston. This irresistible volume chronicles the duo's fiery photographic collaboration. The title, "Is That So Kid," is borrowed from Huston's father, film director John Huston's, trademark retort.

デイヴィッド・ベイリーとアンジェリカ・ヒューストン。二人の伝説が衝突し、火花を散らす瞬間の記録こそが本書の核心です。ベイリーの革新的なクローズアップは被写体の内なる神話を拡張させ、若きヒューストンの優雅さと交差して時代の熱気を放ちます。これは単なる写真集ではなく、視線と美学がぶつかり合う熾烈なドキュメンタリーなのです。 映画「欲望」のモデルとなったベイリーの実像は、虚構を凌駕する鮮烈さを持ちます。スクリーンが捉えた写真家の狂気が、ここでは静止画の中に凝縮され、雄弁な物語として立ち上がります。映像が描いた時代の空気を圧倒的な質感で補完する本書は、虚実が交錯するスリリングな美学を体験させてくれる至高の視覚文学です。